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Effective 1/10/90 City ofCenterville Ord. #49 whether to grant or deny the application, the City Council shall balance the hardship to the applicant against the adverse impact on the health, safety, and welfare of the persons affected, the adverse impact on property affected, and any other adverse effects of granting the variance. The variance may be granted subject to conditions, including a time limit, which shall be clearly stated. If the City finds that sufficient controversy exists regarding the proposed exception to the provisions of this ordinance, a public hearing will be held on the proposed application at which all persons affected shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Subdivision 5. Exceotion for Emere:encv Work. Noise created exclusively in the performance of emergency work to preserve the public health, safety, or welfare, or in the performance of emergency work necessary to restore a public service or eliminate a public hazard shall be exempt from the provisions of this ordinance for a period not to exceed 24 hours after the work is commenced. Persons responsible for such work shall inform the police department, Building Inspector and City Administrator of the need to initiate such work or, if the work is commenced during non-business hours of the City, at the beginning of business hours of the first business day thereafter. Any perSon responsible for such emergency work shall take all reasonable actions to minimize the amount of noise. Subdivision 6. Criminal Penalties. Every person who violates any provision of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine or imprisonment or both, and in either case, the cost of prosecution. Each act of violation and each day a violation occurs or continues constitutes a separate offense. SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or the application of any provision to a particular situation. is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the ordinance and the application of the ordinance to any other situation shall not be invalidated. Adopted by the City Council this lOth day of January, 1990. APPROVED: (Signature on File) Mayor, George Haberman Attest: (Signature on File) Clerk! Administrator, Tamara M Mitz-Miller Amended: May 22, 2002 Published in the Quad Community Press on June 11, 2002 Amended: December 10, 2003 fubnshed in the Quad Community Press on December 23, 2003