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<br />City of Centervi[[e <br /> <br />1694 Sore[ Street, CenterviJfe, ;M<}.{.55038 (612) 429.3232 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE # 50 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVIDE FOR REMOVAL OF <br />SNOW, ICE, DIRT, AND RUBBISH FROM SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO THEIR <br />PROPERTY. <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE, MINNESOTA DOES <br />ORDAIN: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. Cleanino of sidewalks. All owners of property in the <br />City of Centerville shall provide for the removal of snow, <br />ice, dirt, debris, litter, branches and other obstructions <br />or accumulation of materials from all public sidewalks <br />adjacent to their property within 24 hours after its deposit <br />thereon. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. Removal by City: Assessment of Costs. Any snow, ice, <br />dirt, debris, branches and litter remaining on the public <br />sidewalks of the City is in violation of this ordinance and <br />may be removed by the Director of Public Works or his <br />designee. The Director of Public Works shall determine the <br />cost of such removal and the owner of the property abutting <br />the sidewalk from which the City has made such removal shall <br />be charged for said cost. <br /> <br />On or before September 1 of each year, the City Clerk shall <br />list the total unpaid charges for removal from a public <br />sidewalk of snow, ice, debris, branches and litter against <br />each separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable <br />under this ordinance. The Council may then spread the <br />assessment charges against the property benefited as a <br />special assessment under Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.101 <br />and other pertinent statutes for certification to the County <br />Auditor and collection along with the current taxes the <br />following year. <br /> <br />SECTION 3. Improvements/Ownership. Nothing contained in this <br />ordinance shall prevent the City Council of the City of <br />Centerville from undertaking any public improvement with <br />respect to the construction, maintenance, replacement, <br />repair, relocation, or removal of sidewalks in the City of <br />Centerville pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429 or <br />any other applicable ordinance, statute or law. Further, <br />this ordinance shall not be construed as to empower the <br />owner of any land adjacent to any public or municipal <br /> <br />L~~___~ _____~ _______~ _ _ <br />