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(A) Personal liability. The owner of the premises on which a nuisance has been abated by the city, or a person who has caused a public nuisance on property not owned by that person, shall be personally liable to the city for the cost of the abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the abatement has been completed and the cost determined, the City Administrator shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the property owner. Thereupon the amount shall be immediately due and payable to the city.
(B) Assessment. After notice and hearing as provided in M.S. § 429.061, as it may be amended from time to time, if the nuisance is a public health or public safety hazard on private property, the accumulation of snow and ice on public sidewalks, the growth of weeds on private property or outside the traveled portion of streets, or unsound or insect-infected trees, the City Administrator shall, on or before September 1 following abatement of the nuisance, list the total unpaid charges along with all other such charges as well as other charges for current services to be assessed under M.S. § 429.101 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 any other pertinent statutes for certification to the Washington County Auditor and collection along with current taxes the following year or in annual installments, not exceeding ten, as the City Council may determine in each case.
(Ord. 21-03, passed 11-16-2021)
OPEN BURNING
(A) The City Board shall appoint a Fire Marshal and as many Deputy Marshals as it deems necessary, with the authority and responsibility to enforce all the provisions of this subchapter. Their term of office shall be indefinite and shall terminate at the pleasure of the City Board. The Fire Marshal or his or her deputies shall have the right to enter any property as it may become necessary for the performance of their duties.
(B) During periods of extreme fire hazard, the Fire Marshal may prohibit all types of open fires, including the burning of household rubbish and recreational fires.
(C) When there is no snow cover, all open burning will be limited to the period between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. except for recreational fires.
(D) The open burning of chemicals, oils, rubber, and their derivatives is prohibited at all times.
(E) All uncontrolled fires or violations of the provisions of this subchapter shall be immediately reported to the Fire Marshal.
(Ord. 11, passed 6-5-1973)
(A) Permits are required for all open fires, except household and recreational, when there is no snow cover. This includes, but is not limited to, the burning of trees, brush, grass, crop lands, crop residues and industrial or commercial wastes. A permit fee of $1 shall be charged, which sum shall be placed in the Fire Fund of the city.
(B) Open burning permits are issued by the Fire Marshal or his or her deputies with the following conditions:
(1) Burning shall take place only at the time specified in the permit;
(2) The area of burning shall be limited to the designated site approved by the Fire Marshal;
(3) Prevailing winds carry smoke away from neighboring dwellings and public roadways;
(4) Burning be supervised by an adult during the entire period until the fire is out; and
(5) Fire control equipment is at hand, such as hand sprayers, garden hose, and fire extinguishers as appropriate.
(Ord. 11, passed 6-5-1973)
Household rubbish, to include leaves, may be burned without a permit only in closed fire-resistant containers whose top and sides have openings not greater than one inch in diameter. The containers shall be located to eliminate the ignition of nearby combustible materials and structures and in no case nearer than three feet.
(Ord. 11, passed 6-5-1973)
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