§ 91.05 EXCEPTION.

   The provisions of this subchapter do not apply to the hauling or accumulation or spreading of manure for the purposes of agriculture provided the public health, safety, and welfare is not adversely affected thereby.

(Prior Code, § 7-1-5)

§ 91.06 ABATEMENT.

   (A)   Notice. Whenever the officer who is charged with enforcement determines that a public nuisance is being maintained or exists on premises in the city, the officer shall notify the owner and occupant of the premises of the fact and order that the nuisance be terminated and abated. The owner of the property will be determined as shown by the records of the office of the County Recorder. The notice shall be served in person or by regular 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 five business days for any grass or weed nuisance and not exceeding 20 days for all other nuisances, to either correct the violation or appeal to the City Council for a determination that the complained of activity does not violate the subchapter.

   (B)   Accelerated abatement. For second or successive violations concerning grass, weeds, and other vegetation in a calendar year, the city will, without additional notice, correct the conditions creating the violations and assess the cost therefor against the property.

   (C)   Recovery of cost. The owner of the premise on which a nuisance has been abated by the city shall be personally liable for the city’s cost of abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, the city shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner. Thereupon, the amount shall be immediately due and payable to the city.

   (D)   Assessment. If the nuisance is a public health or safety hazard on private property, the growth of weeds on private property or outside the traveled portion of streets, or unsound or insect-infected trees, the City Clerk shall, on or before September 1 next following abatement of the nuisance, list the total unpaid charges along with all other charges as well as other charges for current services to be assessed under M.S. § 429.101, as it may be amended from time to time, against each separate lot or parcel to which the charges are attributable. The City Council may then spread the charges against the property under that statute and other pertinent statutes for certification to the County Auditor and collection along with current taxes the following year or in annual installments, not exceeding ten, as the Council may determine in each case.

(Prior Code, § 7-1-6) (Ord. 602, passed 10-13-2014)

DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

§ 91.20 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self-propelled.

   NET PROCEEDS. The sale price of any item of property or of a motor vehicle, less any costs of handling, storage, and sale.

   PROPERTY. All forms of tangible personal property.

(Prior Code, § 6-6-1)

§ 91.21 DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES.

   Property lawfully coming into the possession of the city and its duly designated agent in the course of its municipal operation and remaining unclaimed by the owner thereof for at least three months thereafter may be sold by the city to the highest bidder at public auction or sale following one week published notice thereof.

(Prior Code, § 6-6-2)

§ 91.22 DISPOSAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

   (A)   Motor vehicles impounded by the city and its duly designated agents or otherwise lawfully coming into its possession during the course of its municipal operations and remaining unclaimed by the owner thereof may be sold by the city to the highest bidder at public auction or sale following one week published notice thereof.

   (B)   Prior to the disposal of any motor vehicle, the city shall mail to the registered owner, if any, as shown by the records of the state’s Registrar of Motor Vehicles, notice of its possession and intent to dispose of the motor vehicle.

   (C)   No sale of a motor vehicle shall be conducted until the motor vehicle has been in possession of the city for a period of not less than 30 days after the mailing of notice to the registered owner, if any, as provided herein.

(Prior Code, § 6-6-3)

§ 91.23 DEPOSIT OF NET PROCEEDS.

   The net proceeds of the sale of any property or of a motor vehicle, whether by public auction or sale, shall be deposited in the General Fund of the city, subject to the right of the former owner of the property or of the motor vehicle to the payment of the net sale proceeds from the General Fund upon application and satisfactory proof of ownership within six months of the sale.

(Prior Code, § 6-6-4)

AIR QUALITY

§ 91.35 ADOPTION OF STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS.

   (A)   The Ambient Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Regulations, as published by the state’s Pollution Control Agency and in effect this date, be and the same hereby are adopted by reference by the city.

   (B)   Three copies of the regulations shall be marked as official copies and filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the City Clerk.

(Prior Code, § 7-5-1)