(A) The city is authorized by M.S. § 429.101 to provide for the collection of unpaid special charges for all or any part of the cost of snow, ice or rubbish removal from sidewalks or public ways; weed elimination from streets or private property; removal or elimination of public health or safety hazards from private property; installation or repair of water service lines; street sprinkling or other dust treatment of streets; the trimming and care of trees and the removal of unsound trees from any street or public way; the treatment and removal of insect infested or diseased trees on private property; the repair of sidewalks and alleys; or the operation of a street lighting system; as a special assessment against the property benefitted.
(B) The city provides that all of the foregoing services may be special assessed against benefitted properties which require these services. The City Manager must provide the property owner or owners as shown on city tax records with a written notice to correct the problems addressed in division (A) of this section. The City Manager may also provide in the written notice that the primary responsibility for correction of the problem is upon the property owner or occupant to do the work correcting the problem within a specific time. This provision applies in all cases except street sprinkling or other dust treatment, alley repair, tree trimming, care and removal or the operation of a street lighting system. If the property owner does not correct the problem or remove or eliminate the public health or safety hazard the notice must state that the city will do the work and attempt to collect the costs from the property owner or other person served for the charges and if the costs are not paid the unpaid charges must be specially assessed pursuant to the provisions of M.S. § 429:101.
(C) All the provisions of M.S. § 429.101 are incorporated by reference.
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