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MAY-02-2003 12: 30 LEAGUE OF MN CITIES P.18/25 protection respousibilities arc Dot UDDecCSilrily compromisecL (Cbd.~o. 767.5-20-2002) Sec. 2,2..205. Seizure of property. When me claD_tino <1m. lab site or chemical dump site is inside a vehiole. boat. trailer or other form of mo~_lc penoDBl property, law CDforocmCDt authoritics shall immediately eeize it and net allow it to be transported except to a more secure locatioD. ID such circumstances, all other requirements of this article shall be followed as closely as possible giVeJl the specific t)'pe of property in w.bJch the site is discovered. (Ord.. No. 767, 5-20-2002) See. 22.206. ActiOll by cfty buD~1 aflldlL (a) /",pse,",,, and 4M:larlJliDn o/nuilfJ'fItJ" WitbiD48 hours of notification tbat law eDforoemellt authorities have determined the existence of a clandestine 4mSIab site or chemical dump site. the oity builOiq official 8b8l1 mlJ*t the ,no to detenaine tb.eappropriate scope of a perm8De.rlt declaration of publio healdl Duisance. Based 011 the resul'CS Ofb fIlspectioa, tile city buildiDs official may 'then prompdy issue a perrnarau. declaration of'public health nuisance and a Do Not Enter-Uasafe to Occupy Order for the affecteclsite to replace the temporal)' r*1aratian issued aDd posted by law darcemnt. A copy of the permanent declaratioD and or4er shaD be posted on aU doorway eatrancea to the site or, in the case of bare ~ shaD be posted in several consp~cWNS places on lbe propercy. (b) Aba,.""., order. After the permana declaradoD of public health Duisauce has been issued and posted, tbe elly buildiDg official shaD send writtal DoUce to tho site OWDer ordering abatement of 'the :public bealth ftuismoe. The abatement order shall mclv.de the (ollowillS iIlformation: (1) A copy of the declaration otpublic health mJisauee and Do Not Enter..t1usafe to Occupy Order; (2) Information about tho potentially bazardoue COOditiOIl of the lito; (3) N01ificatioD of IUspeasiOD afme site's rental license jf appliCable; (4) A IUmItW)' of the cite awaer's and occupaat's responsibilities UDder this article; aDd (5) Information that may help the OWDer locate appropriato sorvices necessary to abate the public beaJth nuisance. (0) Notice to t;of'ICern,d pantfll. The build.. ofticialshall also mail a copy of'Che permallent declaration of public bea1th nuisance, a copy oftlUs article, 8I2d a Dodflcaticm of the suspension of the site's rental licensees, if applicable. to the following conGlDled parties at their last mown addr.I: (1) OccupatS or residents of the site if the i_uti. of such persoas are bOWD; (2) Neiahbors in proximity to the site who may be reasonably affected by the eonditions found; (3) The city a4m.DdsImtor; (4) The community development dkector; (5) The oity police clepa:rtment; (6) The appropriate enfof'*Dent divisiOn of the drul enforcem.eDt admiaistratiOD or the 'U.S. Jusdce DepIlJ1maD.t; and (7) Other city, swe &1UIlocal mthorities, 8\1ob as the oity water 4epartmellt, me state paUution control IllIlOl' I the state depatrml4l of health, Ulcl1be depa'rlmeDt of aamra! resourc-es wbicb are mO\V4 to bave public ad pro~tion respoDSloilitios- that are applicable to the situation. (d) J.ilod;ftclltiQII or 1'emD\lQ/oldeclarati,oll,. Tho city b\1i1ding officw is authorized to modify or remove the doclara:doD of INbUe bealth auismce after the buildiAa ofBoial receives dccumentatioD :&om a city approved. env!toanleDw hazard testiDS aDd clamiD8 rum swiD. that rbe suspected hea11h aad safety risks, including those to neighbors aud poteDtial dwelliD8 occupants, eithor do not oQat or have bec=D sufficieatly abat:d or cOlTCCted to jt.lStify amendmeat or removal of the declaration. - IS-