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3) If the. City abates the public health nuisance, in add ition.to any legal remedy, it is entitled to recover a]I costs associated with such abatement plus an: additiona] 25%p of the Citys costs for administration. In -Ad dition to any other legal remedy, the City ntay recover costs. by civil action against the person or persons who own%the property in the.matt er.that taxes and special assessments Are. ccrtif.ed:and collected pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 4B.101. 10. Authority to Modify or Remove Declaration of Public Health Nuisance.. 1] The En v ironm en ta I Health Official is authorized to. modify the Declaration conditi.ons..or remove the. Declaration of Public Health Nuisance. 2} Such modifications or removal of the Declaration shall. only occur after documentation from a. qualified environmental or cleaning firm stating that the health and safety risks, including those to neighbors and potential dwelling occupants, are sufficiently abated or corrected to allow safe occupancy of the dwelling. Section 12..Enforcement. It shall be the dutyofthC.Co..uncil to enfor. Cc. the provisions of this Ordinance, and the Council may; by resolution, delegate to other officers or agencies power to enforce particular provisions.:ofthis Ordinance, including the.p.ower to inspect. private premises,. and.theofficers charged with enforcentent..of this.: Ordinance shall take all reasonable precautions to:.prevent the. cominission.and in aintenance.vf public.nuisances: Section 13. Powers of.Ofticers. Whenever, in the judgement of the officer charged with enforcement, it is. determined upon investigation that public nuisance is being maintaiiied.or exists within the City. such officer shall notify in writing the person committing or maintaining such public iuisance and require hirri to terniiriate and abate said nuisance.and to remove such conditionsor remedy such defects: Said written notice shall .be served on the persori.committing or maintaining said.nuisance, in person or by registered. mail. If the. prcin ises are not occupied and the address. of the:owtter is unknown, service. on the owner may be had by posting a copy of the notice on the premises. Said notice shall .require the owner or occupant. of:such premises, or :both, to take reas on a b I d. ste. p s and. tirne to be. designated in said notice, butthe maximum time for the removal or said nuisance after service. -of said notice shall not in any event exceed thirty t3[i.} days. Service of notice maybe proved by tiling an affidavit. of service. in the oflice of the City Clerk setting forth the manner and time thereof. When an order so.g ven is not.coinplicd with.. such noncompliance shall be reported forthwith: to the Council .for such action as may be necessary and deemed advisable in the name of the City to abate and enjoin the further continuationof said nuisance. Section .14. Abatement of Nuisance by Council. 1. Normal procedure. If, after such service of notice, the person served fails to abate% the.nuisari cc or make the necessary repairs, alterations, or changes -In accordance with the. direction of the ` Council, .the Council may cause such.nuisance to.be abated.at the:.expense of the CounciI and recover such expenditure, plus an add itionaI twenty --five percent (?5%a) of such expenditures, by civil action against the person or persons served., or of service has been had upon the owner or occupant by ordering the Clerk to extend such sum, plus twenty-five percent (2S.°/o) thereof; as a special tax against the. property upon which thcnitiSan ce existed and to certify the.sarnei to tlte'couaty auditor -of Ramsey Cotiitty; Miin esota, for collection i» the same inanner as..taxes and.spce1aI assessments are certified and collected. 2. Summary enforcement:1a cases: where the. del ay in. abate mentrequire d to complete the.noticc and procedure requirements set forth in sections 1.3 and 1.4.1 will permit a continuing nuisance to. unreasonably endanger public licaIth, safety or welfare, the Council may order summary enforcement and.abate the nuisance. Tlte:officer charged with enforcciaent shall determine: that a public. nUiwicc exists. or is being maintained on premises in the City.and that.delay in abatement of the iitiisance will unreasonably endanger public health, safety. or welfare. The enforcement officer shall notify in. writing the occupant .or.owneror the premises of the nature of the auisance,and.of the City's decision to seek summary enforcement.and the time and place of the Council meeting to consider. the question.of sunnnary enforcement. The Council shal I determine whether or not the condition identified in. the itotice. to the own er..oroceuPat] t is a nuisance. wltetltCl- pubIic health, safety .or welfare will be unreasonably endangered by delay in abatement required to com01etc the procedure set forth above, and may order that such itiiisaitce be immediately terminated or Nuisance Ordiriancc ttib 96