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(D)Recovery of costs. In instances where any nuisances are abated by city action pursuant to this chapter, M.S. §§ 412.221 et seq., or M.S. Chapter 466, the cost of enforcement, abatement or other proceedings, including administrative charges together with interest thereon at the lawful rate permitted under M.S. Chapter 429, shall, if not paid, be assessed against the premises and certified to the County Auditor or certified by lien as provided in M.S. § 514.67. § 91.09 PROHIBITED NOISE. (A) Prohibitions. The City Council finds within the city, certain loud, avoidable, unnatural and unnecessary noises, which under certain circumstances and conditions constitute a serious threat to the health, welfare, contentment and the feeling of well-being of the residents. Excessive noise degrades the environment of the city and the city has a substantial and, in some situations, compelling interest in controlling this noise. (1) General prohibition. (a) No person shall make or cause to be made any distinctly and loudly audible, continuous, objectionable noise due to intermittence, frequency, beat, shrillness or intensity that annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, safety or welfare of any person or precludes his or her enjoyment of property or affects the property's value. (b) This general prohibition is not limited by the specific restriction of the following divisions. (2) Exhaust. No person shall discharge the exhaust or permit the discharge of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motor boat, motor vehicle or snowmobile except through a muffler or other device that effectively prevents loud or explosive noises there from and complies with all state laws and regulations. (3) Loading, unloading, unpacking. No person shall create loud and excessive noise in loading, unloading or unpacking any vehicle between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (4) Radios, phonographs, paging systems and the like. (a) No person shall use or operate or permit the use or operation of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, paging system, machine or other device for the production or reproduction of sound in a distinct and loudly audible manner. (b) Operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or other device between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a manner as to be plainly audible 50 feet from outside the property line of the structure or building in which it is located, in the hallway or apartment adjacent, or at a distance of 150 feet if the source is located outside a structure or building shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. (c) These measurements and decibel readings will be taken per this section. 92 1 Page