For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have these meanings:
BUILDING OR PROPERTY. A structure suitable for human shelter, a commercial structure that is maintained for business activities that involve human occupation, any portion of the structure, or the real property on which the structure is located.
CHIEF.
Chief of Police, Fire Chief or his or her designee.
CITY MANAGER.
City Manager of the City of North St. Paul.
EXCESSIVE POLICE, CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICE OR CITY ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. Those services provided at a specific building or property address after three or more calls for such services for nuisance events have occurred in a prior one-year time period, and where the owner was notified in writing that subsequent high levels of police and nuisance calls for service would result in a fee being charged for excessive consumption of those services, and where the owner has been provided with 30 days following notice to abate the nuisance generating the high levels of calls for police service.
INTERESTED PARTY.
Any known lessee or tenant of a building or affected portion of a building; any known agent of an owner, lessee, or tenant; any known person holding an unrecorded contract for deed, being a mortgagee or vendee in physical possession of the building; or any known person who maintains or permits a nuisance.
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS.
The address shown on the records of the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxation or a more recent address known to the Police Department. In the case of parties not listed in these records, the last known address shall be that address obtained by the Police Department after a reasonable search. If no address can be found, such address shall be that of the building in which the nuisance occurred, or was maintained or permitted.
NUISANCE.
Nuisance means one or more of the following behavioral incidents occurring or committed within a building or on a property:
(1) Prostitution or prostitution-related activity committed within the building;
(2) Gambling or gambling-related activity committed within the building;
(3) Maintaining a public nuisance in violation of M.S. § 609.74(1) or (3);
(4) Permitting a public nuisance in violation of M.S. § 609.745;
(5) Unlawful sale, possession, storage, delivery, giving, manufacture, cultivation, or use of controlled substances committed within the building;
(6) Unlicensed sales of alcoholic beverages committed within the building in violation of M.S. § 340A.401;
(7) Unlawful sales or gifts of alcoholic beverages by an unlicensed person committed within the building in violation of M.S. § 340A.503, Subd. 2(1), or unlawful consumption or possession within the building by persons under the age of 21 years in violation of M.S. § 340A.503, Subd. 1 and 3;
(8) Unlawful use or possession of a firearm in violation of M.S. § 609.66, Subd. 1a, 609.67, or 624.713, committed within the building;
(9) Violation by a commercial enterprise of local or state business regulations, ordinances, or statutes prohibiting the maintenance of a public nuisance as defined in M.S. § 609.74 or the control of a public nuisance as defined in M.S. § 609.745;
(10) Actions which constitute a violation of M.S. § 609.72, relating to disorderly conduct; or
(11) Actions which constitute a public nuisance under the city code, state, or federal laws.
OWNER. The person or persons in whose name or names the building is recorded with the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxation.
(Ord. 660, passed 9-5-2006; Am. Ord. 690, passed 4-6-2010)