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City of Coon Rapids 12-317 Excessive Consumption of Services. (1) Collection Authorized. The City is authorized to collect inspection costs, as determined from time to time by ordinance, from a property owner who consumes excessive inspection services, or from a person who makes repeated unfounded requests for enforcement. Unpaid costs of inspection may be specially assessed against the property in the manner prescribed by law. (2) For the purpose of this Section, an excessive consumption of inspection services occurs on anon -rental property when: (a) One or more inspections are performed at the same location within a consecutive 12 month period after any inspection for which a notice of violation was served, and (b) During any inspection under Section 12-317(2)(a), the inspector finds continuing or additional violations. (3) For the purpose of this Section, an excessive consumption of inspection services occurs on a rental property when: (a) Section 12-317(2) is met, or (b) The second follow-up inspection to an initial or renewal inspection reveals noncompliance with requirements established in the initial or renewal inspection, or the first follow-up inspection. For Section 12-317(3)(b) excessive consumption of inspection services, double the cost maybe imposed. (4) For the purposes of this Section, a repeated unfounded request for enforcement means an unfounded request for enforcement by any person within 90 days of a previous unfounded request for enforcement regarding the same property or subject matter, provided that person had notice the first request for enforcement has been determined to be unfounded. For the purposes of this Section, notice means actual notice, or written notice mailed to the person's last known address, and either not returned, or returned by the postal authorities as undeliverable. A person violating this clause is also guilty of a misdemeanor. (5) This Section applies to violations of this Chapter, license inspections under this Chapter, violations of Title 8 (Health, Safety, and Sanitation), and violations of Sections 11-1827 through 11-1832 (Vehicle Storage in Residential Districts; Junk Vehicles). This Section is supplementary to and does not limit the civil or criminal authority of governmental agents acting under statutes, laws, codes, or ordinances on the same subject. [Revised 6/20/06, Ordinance 1925] 12-318 Severability. If any section or any portion of any section of this Chapter is deemed invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality does not affect the other sections or portions of sections of this Chapter. [Revised 6/20/06, Ordinance 1925]