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<br />July 31, 2008 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />2. The notice is personally served or sent by certified mail to the property owner. If <br />the property is not occupied~ the notice can be posted on the property. <br /> <br />3. If the nuisance is not abated by the property owner within the required tlme, the <br />City Administrator notifies the property owner that the matter win be reviewed <br />by the City Council at a specific meeting. CouncilwiU then consider the report <br />of the City staff and the comments of the property owner~ <br /> <br />4. At the conclusion of the Council hearing. a decision i~ made by the City.. If the <br />City Council determines that a nuisance exists, it approves the appropriate order <br />requiring that the nuisance be abated.. <br /> <br />5~ The City Council Abatement Order can be appealed to the District Court, in <br />which case, the matter will be tried as other civil cases. <br /> <br />6. If a delay in the abatement of a nuisance will unreasonably endanger public <br />healthJ safety or welfare, the City can also order that the nuisance be summarily <br />abated. <br /> <br />7. The property owner is personally liable tor the cost of the abatement and the <br />cost can be assessed against the property~ <br /> <br />Code Enforcement or Hazardous Building Removal. <br /> <br />The procedure for removing a hazardous building is as follows: <br /> <br />1 . The Building Official makes a hazardous building determination. <br /> <br />2" The property owner is notified.. If the property owner consents to the removal of <br />the building, the City abates the hazard and assesses the cost against the <br />property. If the property owner does not consent to a removal of the hazardous <br />building, the matter is presented the City Council with the staff's <br />recommendation. The property owner can appear and comment at the Council <br />meeting. The Council could then adopt the appropriate order requiring the <br />removal of the hazardous building. <br /> <br />3. The City Council's order to remove the hazard is served on the property owner. <br /> <br />4. The property owner has twenty (20) days to file an answer with the Ramsey <br />County District Court. If an answer is not filedt the City proceeds to obtain a <br />summary judgment. If an answer is filed, the matter proceeds as other cases~ <br />