(A) Maintaining a public nuisance. No person shall maintain a public nuisance within the city.
(B) Notification. Whenever the City Council determines that a public nuisance is being maintained or exists on any premises in the city, the city shall notify the owner or occupant of the premises in writing of the fact and shall order that the nuisance be terminated and abated. The notice shall be served in person or by mail. If the premises is not occupied and the owner is unknown, the notice may be served by posting it on the premises. The notice shall specify the steps to be taken to abate the nuisance and the time, not exceeding 30 days, within which the nuisance is to be abated.
(C) Abatement by city. If the notice is not complied with within 30 days of receipt of the notice, the city may cause abatement of the nuisance. The city’s Clerk-Treasurer shall keep a record showing the cost of the abatement by each parcel.
(D) Personal liability. The owner of the premises on which a nuisance has been abated by the city shall be personally liable for the cost to the city of the abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, the city’s Clerk-Treasurer shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner, with the cost of abatement being immediately due. Any amount unpaid by September 1 will be made a special assessment against the property in accordance with M.S. Ch. 429, as it may be amended from time to time.
(2001 Code, § 9.02) Penalty, see § 10.99