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Effective: 03/04/86 City of Centerville - Ordinance #6-A applicable time periods will result in summary abatement procedures, and that the cost of abatement will be assessed against the- subject property. Upon expiration of the time required by the notice, the Zoning Administrator or Chief Building Official may abate the nuisance unless a request for a hearing has been timely filed. 2. Any property owner who feels aggrieve by an order of the Zoning Administrator or Chief Building Official issued pursuant to this ordinance may request a h~aring before the Hearing Examiner. Such request shall be filed in writing with the office of the City Clerk within twenty (20) days after service of the notice by the Zoning Administrator or Chief Building Official. The City Clerk shall notify the Hearing Examiner who shall notify the property owner of the date, time and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted no more than ten (10) days after the Hearing Examiner receives notice of the request, unless a later date is mutually agreed to by the Hearing Examiner, the property owner and the City. Bother the property owner and the City may appear at the hearing with counsel and may call such witnesses and present such evidence as is determined by the Hearing Examiner to be relevant. The Hearing Examiner's order shall be accompanied by written findings of fact. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Hearing Examiner may appeal that decision to the City Council by filing notice of such appeal with the office of the City Clerk. At its next available regular meeting, following the filing of a notice of appeal, the Council shall review the decision and findings of the fact of the Hearing Examiner and shall affirm, repeal or modify that decision. The city shall take no action to abate any nuisance while the matter is still pending before the Hearing Examiner or the City Council. 3. The Zoning Administrator of Chief Building Official shall keep a record of the costs of abatements done under this ordinance and shall report monthly to the City Clerk or other appropriate officer all work done for which assessments are to be made, stating and certifying the description of the land, lots or parcels involved and the amount assessable to each. 4. On or before September 1 of each year, the City Clerk shall list the total unpaid charges for each abatement, against each separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable under this ordinance. The Council may then spread the charges or any portion thereof against the property involved as a special assessment under other pertinent statutes, for certification to the County Auditor and collection the following year along with current taxes. Such assessment shall be payable in no more than ten (10) equal armual installments, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.,Q1', Subdi\ision ~ JDI Page 3 of 4