(A) Duty of owner. The owner of any property within the city with drainage pipes or grates at the curb line are required to keep the pipes or grates in good repair and free from debris. No owner shall allow any grass clippings or leaf piles in city streets, along curb lines or near drainage pipes or grates.
(B) Notification. If it is found that any drainage pipe or grate debris obstructs the flow of water in the gutter, the Council shall notify, by certified mail or by personal service, the record owner of the property. The notice shall order the owner to have the accumulated debris removed from the drainage pipe or grate with seven days of the notification. The notice shall state that if the owner fails to do so, the city will do so, and the expense must be paid by the owner; and, if unpaid, it will be made a special assessment against the property concerned.
(C) Removal by city. If the accumulated debris is not removed within seven days after receipt of the notice, the city may remove it. The city’s Clerk-Treasurer shall keep a record showing the cost of the removal by each parcel.
(D) Personal liability. The owner of the property with a drainage pipe or grate from which the city removed accumulated debris shall be personally liable for the cost of the service. The city’s Clerk-Treasurer shall prepare a bill and mail it to the owner, with the cost of the service 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, § 6.04) Penalty, see § 10.99