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602.04 Duties of City Officers. The city building official or designee and/or city law enforcement agency officers shall enforce the provisions of this chapter as defined in Sections 602.02 and 602.03. Such officers shall have the power to inspect private premises and take all reasonable precautions to prevent the commission and maintenance of such public nuisances. 602.05 General Abatement Procedure. Whenever the officer charged with enforcement determines that a public nuisance, as defined in Section 602.02 and Section 602.03, is being maintained or exists on property within the city, the following code enforcement procedure shall apply: Subd. 1 Notice of Violation. Written notice of violation stating the location of the property, a description of the violation, necessary corrective action and a reasonable amount of time allowed to abate the nuisance shall be served by the officer charged with enforcement up on the owner of record or and the occupant of the premises either in person or by certified or registered mail or posted in a conspicuous place on the property. If the premises are not occupied, the owner of record is unknown, or the owner of record or occupant refuses to accept notice of violation, notice of violation shall be served by posting it on the in a conspicuous place on the premises. The notice shall describe the facts which are in violation of the City's public nuisance regulation; the specific City regulation which have been violated; the type of action necessary to abate the violation; and deadline for compliance. Subd. 2 Notice of Council Hearing. Abatement by enforcing official/recovery of costs. If a property owner fails to comply with the notice of violation requirements, the officer charged with enforcement shall serve the owner of record and occupant of premises either in person or by certified or registered mail with a notice of a council hearing. If the premises is not occupied, and the owner of record is unknown, or other owner of record or occupant refuses to accept notice of council hearing, the notice of council hearing shall be served by posting it on the premises. Notice of council hearing shall specify the time, date and place of the hearing and indicate that the property owner can appear at that time. At the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council shall determine whether to issue an abatement order. If at the end of the time period allowed for correction of a violation the violation still exists, a second notice shall be sent informing the property owner that enforcing official may cause the violations to be corrected by private or public means and pursuant to the provisions of Minn. Stats. Ch. 429.101, the city may collect unpaid special charges for abating a nuisance for all or any part of the cost of the work plus administrative fees as a special assessment for following violations: 1. Snow, ice or rubbish removal from sidewalks; 2. Elimination of weeds from the streets or private property and elimination of weeds and grass in excess of the height limitations specified in this Code; 3. Removal or elimination of public health or safety hazards from private property, excluding any structure included under the provisions of Minn. §§ 463.15 to 463.26;