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2).. Chemical dump site -=:means any place or area.whem chemicals ..brother waste materialshave <br />been located. <br />3) Clandestine drug lab.— means the unlawful mauufacture.or attempt to manufacture controlled. <br />substances. <br />4) Clandestine drug lab.site -.mean sany place or :area where law enforcement has determined that <br />conditions associated with the operation af.unlawftil clandestine drug lab exist. A:cland.esti.ine: drug. <br />Iab,site inet udes any dwellings; accessory structures, buildings,. a chern ical. .dLimp site, a vehicle, <br />boat, trailer or other similar appliance o.r any other area, Iand.:or location. <br />.5) Cleanup- rneans proper rem oval: and/or containment of substances: hazardous to humans and/or <br />the environment at..a clandestine. drug. lab site or -chemical dump site. <br />0) Controlled substance — means any drug, substance:or imMediate precursor in Schedules 1. <br />through. V of Minnesota Statutes Section 152.02. The term does .not.inalude.distiIIcd spirits, wine, <br />malt beverages,. intox.icating.Iiquors. or tobacco. <br />7) Owner _.. means any person, finn, corporation, or other entity who owns, in whole or in part, .the <br />land, building; structure, vehicle, boat, trailer.or other location associated with a clandestine drug, <br />lab site or chemical durnp site. <br />8) Public Health Nuisance.— means a nuisance as defined above or under Minnesota Statute Section <br />195A.4.2; subdivision 1:7. <br />4) Remediation — meansmethods:such as assessment,.evaluation,.testinb,.venting, detergent <br />scrubbing, enclosure, encapsulation, demolition, and/or removal. of contaminated materials from a <br />clandestine drug lab site or chemical dump site: <br />3. Declaration of Property as a Public .Health Nuisance.. <br />1:) Any property containing a clandestine drug labor chemical dump site will lie declared a public _ <br />health nuisance, <br />2) No person tnay. occupy, enter or allow occuparcy or entrance to property declared:a public health <br />nuisance under this Section until. such declaration is vacated or modified to allow occupancy. <br />4. Law Enforcement Notice to Other Authorities. <br />Upon. identification of a clandestine drug Iab site or chemical dump site deemed'top Iace. neighbors, Visiting <br />public,.or present and future occupa.nis:of the affected property at risk for exposure. to harmful <br />contaminants and other associated conditions, law enforcement officials shall notify the City <br />E n vi ron m en ta I Health Official and other appropriate municipal, child protection;. and public health <br />authorities of the.property location, the prope rty.own er if known; and conditions found: <br />5.. Seizure of Property. <br />1) If a clandestine drug Iab or chemical dump site: is located inside a vehicle, boat, trailer, or other <br />form of moveable person at property, Iaw.enforcement.arithorities may..immediate ly.seize:such <br />property and transport it to a more..secure location. <br />2) Personal property may not be removed from a clandestine drug lain site or a. chemical dump site <br />without the prior consent. from the City Environmental Health Official. <br />& Action by City Environrn&ital health Official. <br />1) Upon notification by law enforcement authorities, the City Environmental Health Official or other <br />appropriate.nrunicipal.or public health authority will.issu.e a Declaration :of Pub]ic:Health. <br />Nuisance for the affected property:and post .a.copy of the Dec Iarat ion at a I I probable. entrances to <br />the.dwelling or.property. <br />Nuisance.0rdinance N1) 96 <br />