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<br />Section 3. Declaration of Site and Contents as a Public Health Nuisance. <br /> <br />All dwellings, accessory structures, buildings, vehicles, boats, trailers, personal property, <br />adjacent property or other locations, associated with a clandestine drug lab site or <br />chemical dump site are potentially unsafe due to health hazards and are hereby declared <br />to be a public health nuisance. <br /> <br />Section 4. Law Enforcement Action. <br /> <br />If law enforcement authorities determine the existence of a clandestine drug lab site or <br />chemical dump site, the site, and all personal property therein, shall be declared a public <br />health nuisance. Law enforcement authorities who identify conditions associated with. a <br />clandestine drug lab site or chemical dumpsite which may place neighbors, the visiting <br />public, or present and future occupantS of the site at risk for exposure to harmful <br />contaminants and other associated conditions are authorized to t3.ke the following action: <br /> <br />1. Promptly notify the State Duty Officer. Chemical Assessment Team (CAn. <br />Crime Lab. City Building Official, child protection, public health authorities and <br />the appropriate enforcement division of the drug enforcement administration of <br />the U.S. Justice Department of the location of the site, local law enforcement <br />officials, and the owner if known, of the conditions found; and <br /> <br />2. Treat, store, transport or dispose of all household hazardous waste found at the <br />site in a manner consistent with Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota <br />Pollution Control and Anoka County Health Department rules and regulations; <br />and <br /> <br />3. Public Health Officials may issue a temporary declaration of public health <br />nuisance for the affected site and post a copy of the declaration on all doorway <br />entrances to the site or, in the case of bare land, post the declaration in several <br />conspicuous places on the property. This temporary declaration of public" health <br />nuisance shall expire subsequent to the same authority and the. City Building <br />Official inspecting the site and determining the appropriateness of issuing a aftef <br />the City B1:1ilding Offieial iftspeets the site Bfld determines the appr-opriaten0ss of <br />issl:l'iBg a permanent declaration of public health nuisance; and . <br /> <br />4. The Chemical Assessment Team (CAT) and Crime Lab will notify all persons <br />occupying the site that a temporary declaration of public health nuisance h-as-been <br />issued; and <br /> <br />5. Require all persons occupying the site to immediately vacate the site, remove all <br />pets from the site, and not return without written authorization from the City <br />Building Official; and <br /> <br />6. Notify all occupants vacating the site that all personal property at the site may be <br />contaminated with dangerous chemical residue; and <br /> <br />Page 3 of9 <br />