A. Costs: The City shall be entitled to collect excessive police and nuisance enforcement service costs from a property owner.
B. Setting The Date Of Public Hearing: On or about October 1 of each year, the City Finance Director shall notify the City Council of the total cost of such excessive police and nuisance enforcement services performed during the previous year and the portion of such costs to be assessed against each property. Upon receipt thereof, the Council shall fix a date for a public hearing at which time the Council shall consider adopting and levying the service costs. The date of the public hearing shall be at least twenty (20) days after adoption of said resolution.
C. Notice Of Council Hearing: Following the adoption of the resolution provided in subsection B of this section, the City shall give mailed notice to each property owner and shall publish a notice of the hearing at least two (2) weeks prior to the public hearing. The notice shall state the date, time and place of the hearing, the purpose of the hearing, identify the properties to be assessed, and the costs of service costs.
D. Notice To Owner And Interested Parties: At least ten (10) days before the hearing, notice thereof shall be mailed by first class mail to the owner and any interested party known to the City, at his or her last known address. Such notice shall also inform the recipient of the notice of the procedures in order to appeal the assessment to District Court, as required in Minnesota Statutes section 429.061.
E. Public Hearing; Adoption Of Assessment Roll: On the date of public hearing, the Council shall consider the adoption of the proposed service costs. The Council shall hear all interested parties concerning the proposed costs. At such meeting or at any adjournment thereof, the Council may amend the proposed service costs, and shall, by resolution, adopt the service costs as a special assessment against the properties. Special assessments levied hereunder shall be payable in a single installment.
F. Certification To The County For Collection With Taxes: After adoption by resolution of the service costs, and no later than November 15, the City Clerk shall transmit a certified copy of said resolution to the County Department of Property Taxation to be extended on the proper tax list of the County and collected the following year along with current taxes. (Ord. 1366, 2-25-2019)