A. Personal Liability. The owner of the premises on which a nuisance has been abated by the city, or a person who has cause a public nuisances on property owned by the city, shall be personally liable for the cost to the city of the abatement, including administrative costs and inspection fees charged pursuant to the city fee schedule adopted by the City Council. As soon as the work has been completed and the costs determined, the city clerk, or other city official shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner. Thereupon the amount shall be immediately due and payable at the office of the city administrator.
B. Assessment. After notice and hearing as provided in Minn. Stat. § 429.061, as it may be amended from time to time, if the nuisance is a public health or safety hazard on private property, the accumulation of snow and ice on public sidewalks, the growth of weeds on private property or outside the traveled portion of streets, or unsound or insect-infected trees, the city administrator, on or before September 1 next following abatement of the nuisance, list the total unpaid charges along with all other such charges as well as other charges for current services to be assessed under Minn. Stat. § 429.101 against each separate lot or parcel to which the charges are attributable.
C. Procedure for Assessment. Any special assessment levied under this section shall be payable in a single installment, or by up to ten equal annual installments as the City Council may provide. Minn. Stat. . § 429.061, 429.071, and 429.081 shall apply to assessments made under this section.
[ § 16C-205 added by Ord. No. 22-08, effective December 28, 2022.]
CHAPTER 16C, added to the Town Code by Ord. No. 86-4, effective June 27, 1986. History of ordinances affecting the text of Chapter 16C (since adoption of Ord. No. 86-4):
Ord. No. 89-17, effective December 8, 1989.
Ord. No. 94-3, effective September 9, 1994
Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007.
Ord. No. 09-02, effective March 5, 2009.
Ord. No. 09-04, effective March 19, 2009
Ord. No. 22-08, effective December 28, 2022
Ord. No. 89-17, effective December 8, 1989.
Ord. No. 94-3, effective September 9, 1994
Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007.
Ord. No. 09-02, effective March 5, 2009.
Ord. No. 09-04, effective March 19, 2009
Ord. No. 22-08, effective December 28, 2022
This Chapter has been updated through the date of the latest ordinance listed above.