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<br />~ <br /> <br />Ordinance #2001 - 1108 <br />Page 3 of4 <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Immediately vacate those portions of the property, including building or structure <br />interiors, which may place the occupants or visitors at risk. <br />Promptly contract with appropriate environmental testing and cleaning firms to <br />conduct an on-site assessment, complete clean-up and remediation testing and <br />follow-up testing, and determine that the property risks are sufficiently reduced to <br />allow safe human occupancy of the dwelling. The property owner shall notify the <br />City of actions taken and reach an agreement with the City on the clean-up <br />schedule. The City shall consider practical limitations and the availability of <br />contractors in approving the schedule for clean-up. <br />Provide written documentation of the clean-up process, including a signed, <br />written statement that the property is safe for human occupancy and that the <br />clean-up was conducted in accordance with Minnesota Department of Health <br />guidelines. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />( e) Property Owner's Responsibility for Costs. The property owner shall be responsible for <br />all costs of vacation or clean-up of the site, including CQntrador's fees and public costs <br />for services that were performed in association with a clandestine drug lab site or <br />chemical dump site clean-up. Public costs may include, but are not limited to: <br /> <br />1. Posting of the site; <br />2. Notification of affected parties; <br />3. Expenses related to the recovery of costs, including the assessment process; <br />4. Laboratory fees; <br />5. Clean-up services; <br />6. Administrative fees; and <br />7. Other associated costs. <br /> <br />(t) Recovety of Public Costs. <br /> <br />1. n: after service of notice of the Declaration of Public Health Nuisance, the property <br />owner fails to arrange appropriate assessment and clean-up, the City Building Official <br />is authorized to proceed in a prompt manner to initiate the on-site assessment and <br />clean-up. <br /> <br />2. If the City is unable to locate the property owner within ten days of the Declaration of <br />Public Health Nuisance, the City is authorized to proceed in a prompt manner to <br />initiate the on-site assessment and clean-up. <br /> <br />3. The City may abate the nuisance by removing the hazardous structure or building, or <br />otherwise, according to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 463. <br /> <br />4. If the City abates the public health nuisance, in addition to any other legal remedy, <br />the City shall be entitled to recover all costs plus an additional2S% of the costs for <br />administration. The City may recover costs by civil action against the person or <br />persons who own the property or by assessing such costs as a special tax against the <br />