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<br />LEAGUE OF MN CITIES
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<br />Pursuant to S 145A.04, Suba. 10 (1987): "It iso. mi:sdcmeanor fur a membtt Or agent of. boor<! of health to rofUse
<br />or neglect to perform a duty imposed 00 a boar<1 of health by $bltul<: or ordir1ance." The questioc then ~lM5
<br />whelher the con~ted .ito fits the <1efinition of. "public hoaltb nuisance." See Minn. Stat. ~ 14~A.02. SuM. 7
<br />rI997).
<br />, Mian. Stat *609.74 (1986) pr<>vidos, in part, tbsl:
<br />Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentior>.ally does any of the following is
<br />iW1ty Olmolm.I"I"g a public ouisance, whiell is a ll1isdemeanot:
<br />(1) MointaUl. or permits a condition Which UIll"OllSOlllIbly amJlJys. injures or endangers the
<br />.afety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considemblo number of members of the
<br />public.. .
<br />See also Minn. Smt. 9609.745 (l986)("Whoever havillg oontrol ofrear proporty permits it to be u.ed to maintain a
<br />public nws""ce or leIS the same knowing it wiU be so uae<lls guilty of a misdcmelll1or. ") S.. al.o MinD. Stat
<br />ll617.81 (I 997)(regardinl injunctions or ahatoment CT<lm regording nuiaances.)
<br />0: Minn. Stat.li609.5311, SuM 2 (1993).
<br />6l For more information 00 cleanup requirements for state-licensed establJshmealS, ,ee Minnesota Dep;ortment of
<br />Healm Fact Sheet: Clandestine Drug Lab. Assessment for Food, Beverage ",,01 L.odaina Establlahment;.
<br />" SeeMlM. ScaL li561.01 (1927)
<br />" Section 104.2.3 of the 1997 Ulliform Building Code proviclu, in part, that: "... the building official mayeDter
<br />the building Or promi>:o< at rCOllonabl. times to inapect or to perform the duti., nuposed by this code."
<br />.. Section 104.2.9 of the 1997 Uniform lluilding Code providos, in pan, !hat: "... the bUildiDg ofileial =y ""lWre
<br />te.ts as proof of compliance to be ma<le at no ""p_' to this jurisdictiOD , . . Iftbero lite no recognized and accepted
<br />test methods for the proposed alternate, the building official shall determim> lOit procedures."
<br />" Section 102 of the 1997 Uniform Building Code provides in pan that: "All building' or structures regulated by
<br />this code that are . . , otherwise dar,aeroua to human life are, fQr the purpoee of this section, \UlSafe." MinnosolZl
<br />Rule 1305.0102 amended part of the SectiOD 102 of the Uniform Building Code to provide in pm that "All _afe
<br />building., stroetmos or ~ are public nuisances llIld Illust be obated by repair. rehabililZltion, <1emolition or
<br />removsJ in accordance wir/1 the procedUre. in Minnesota Statutes, H463.15 to 463.26." A violation of the Unifonn
<br />Building Code is a misdom.."or. See Minn. Rule 1305.0103 and Miml. Slat S 168.69 (1984).
<br />.. 1997 Unirbrm Buil<li.'1g Code, Sectioo 103 provide., in pat!, that: "It ,hall bo unlawful for OIly person. . . to . , ,
<br />usc, occupy or maintain any buildini or sl1lJ= or """"e or permit the same to be done in violation of!lJis code."
<br />See also Section 104.2.5 which provides, inplllt, lbat: "Whenever any building Or ltructure . . . ~i\llated by this
<br />code is being used contrary to the provisions of thil cede, tile building official may order '\lcb. us. diacootinued ",,<1
<br />the structure, or portico lhereof, v~ed. . ."
<br />.. 1997 UIlifonn Houslcg Code Section 201.2.
<br />70 1997 Unifoltn Housing Code section 40 1 <1efines a nuisance, in part, as: "1. Any pubHc nuisance known at
<br />common law or in equity juriaprudonce. . . [er] . . .3. Whatever i, dangl\rOUS to human life or is detrimental to
<br />health, as determined by the health officer."
<br />n 1997 Uoifonn Honsing Code section 100 1.4 provides tbsl: "Buiklini' or portioos thereof in whicn there exists
<br />any auisan<:e as defined in this cede are deemed Il\Jbltandard building.."
<br />11 1997 Uniform Housing Code seetilm 1101.1 prmidcs, in part,!hat: "Whe.n!be buildJng official has . . .
<br />determined that .uelI b\lil<ilng is a substandard builcliog, the building official shall commence proceeding. to Call,e
<br />the "",air, rehahilitatic", """"'tion or demolition of !he buildin&,"
<br />13 See 1997 Uniform Houaing Code sections 201.3 and 1605.
<br />14 MllH :Response to Drug Labs, S.
<br />." Oakdale City Ordinance Code, lis 18.16 through 18-28.
<br />" Anoka City Or<Iinanee Code, H21.20 thro'.18b 21.22.
<br />77 Northtield Ordin2nce Code ~~22-20 I through 22-215. .A copy of the Northtield Ordinance can also be found in
<br />Section \11 of these materials.
<br />?I See Olmatead Coucry Board Resolution 01-99 (Oct. 23, 2001).
<br />79 For aootb.er exampl. of" municipal ordinanoe roqujring clOl1lJUp of motl"unl'hetamine contamination, gee
<br />Matthews Ml.llllclpal Ordinances, ll43.07.20 (2d ed. 1997) (BUILDING CONTAMINATED BY
<br />ME'fHAMPHET AMINE).
<br />.. MDH R.espcna. to Dnlg Labs, 7.
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<br />., Id. See Section 4: Local Response - Retailers' Notiiication Prog.-.m.
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