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<br />diseased wood of any diseased shade trees located on the premises, from the premises to an <br /> <br />authorized disposal or chipping site, The cost ofthe City's abating the nuisance shall be billed to <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the nuisances existed, <br /> <br />Subd. 12 Assessment for Nuisance Abatement. If the owner or occupant fails to pay the bill, as <br /> <br />provided for in Subd. 9, within thirty (30) days of the date thereof, the Council may then assess <br /> <br />the amount due, plus interest, against the property as a special assessment under M,S, Ch, <br /> <br />429.10, as amended from time to time, installments of which assessment shall in no event be <br /> <br />payable over a period exceeding five (5) years from the date the same have been levied, On or <br /> <br />before October I of each year, the city administrator shall list the total unpaid charges for each <br /> <br />such abatement against each separate lot or parcel to which the same is attributable, Thereafter, <br /> <br />the charges may then be spread by the Council as a special assessment against the property <br /> <br />benefited by the abatement, and the assessment certified to the county as provided by law, <br /> <br />Subd, 13 Request for Laboratory Testing, Any owner of real estate in the City who receives a <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />notice as provided in Subd, 7 to the effect that shade trees or wood, or both as the case may be, <br /> <br />on his or her property harbor shade tree disease and must be removed within the time specified in <br /> <br />the notice, may request the forester to obtain a laboratory test of one or more of the trees, The <br /> <br />request must be made no later than the date on which the trees or diseased wood are to be <br /> <br />removed from the premises, as specified in the written notice from the City to the owner as <br /> <br />provided herein, by written notice from the owner to the forester sent by certified mail with <br /> <br />return receipt requested, Upon receipt of the request, the forester shall promptly engage the <br /> <br />services of the Statc Department of Agriculture or a qualified laboratory to make analyses of <br /> <br />appropriate specimens or samples of the allegedly diseased shade trees. If the analyses confirm <br /> <br />the original diagnosis that the shade trees are infected or the wood thereof diseased, or both <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />whichever the case may be, the requesting owner shall pay all expenses and charges incurred for <br /> <br />the analyses by the City, If the test discloses that the trees or wood are not so diseased, the City <br />8 <br />