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<br />Section 5. <br /> <br />Section 6. <br /> <br />Section 7. <br /> <br />Section 8. <br /> <br />Effective June 26, 1991 <br />City of Centerville Ord. #54 <br /> <br />Abatement. Whenever the officer charged with enforcement determines that <br />a public nuisance is being maintained or exists on the premises in the City, the <br />officer shall notify in writing the owner/occupant of the premises of such fact <br />and shall order that said nuisance be terminated and abated. The notice shall be <br />served in person or by certified or registered mail. The notice shall specify the <br />steps to be taken to abate the nuisance and the time; not exceeding five (5) days, <br />within which the nuisance is to be abated. Such notice shall also state that in the <br />event of non-compliance, abatement will be done by the City of Centerville at <br />the owner's expense. When no owner, occupant or agent of the owner can be <br />found, notice shall be sent by registered mail to the person who is listed on the <br />records of the county auditor or county treasurer as the owner; service will be <br />complete with mailing. If the notice is not complied with within the time <br />specified, the enforcing officer shall abate the nuisance. <br /> <br />Recovery of Costs. The owner of the premises on which such a nuisance has <br />been abated by the enforcing officer shall be personally liable for the cost to the <br />City of the abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the work has <br />been completed and the cost determined, the City Clerk or other official <br />designated by the Centerville City Council shall prepare a bill for the cost and <br />mail it to the owner. Thereupon the amount shall be immediately due and <br />payable at the office of the Centerville City Clerk. If these amounts are not paid <br />the City Clerk shall, on and before September 1, next following abatement of <br />the nuisance, list the total of unpaid charges for each abatement against each <br />separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable under this section. Council <br />may spread the charges or any portion thereof against the property involved as a <br />special assessment under other pertinent statutes, for certification to the county <br />auditor and collection the following yearly along with current taxes. Such <br />assessment shall be payable in no more than ten (10) equal annual installments, <br />pursuant to Minnesota State Statute 429Pl:Sw!"j. :.:. <br /> <br />Appeal. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the enforcing officer or <br />his assistants, may appeal that decision to the City Council by filing a written <br />request with the enforcing officer, or his assistants, within five (5) days of <br />service of the notice provided herein. The enforcing officer, or his assistants, <br />shall within five (5) days cause the appeal to be placed on the next regular City <br />Council agenda and shall notify the appellant of the date, time, and place of <br />such meeting. The City Council shall have authority to affirm, amend, or reject <br />the decision of the enforcing officer. <br /> <br />Separability. Should any section, subdivision, clause, or other provision of this <br />Ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such <br />decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole nor any part <br />thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid. <br /> <br />Page 2 of3 <br />