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draining, securing, boarding unoccupied structures, barricading or fencing, removing dangerous portions of structures. and demolition of dangerous.structures or abandoned buildings. 7-3. Abatement costs shall include specifically, but not exclusively, the cost of the abatement; the cost of investigation, including title searches., inspections and testing; the cost of notification including. service costs; fling. costs; attorney fees, witness fees and appraisers' fees, 7-4. The Town shall also impose and collect an administrative charge in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the expenditures authorized for assessment under Section 7-3. Upon application made to the Town prier to certification of abatement costs to the County Auditor for assessment with taxes, the Town Board may elect to waive. aII or part of the: administrative charge upon demonstrated hardship. In making an assessment of hardship., the Town Board may consider evidence of changed circumstances, including but not limited to: loss or reduction of employment, :disability,. serious illness or medical care of the property owner or the. owner's family member, death of a family member_ The Town Board may also consider any criteria that.would qualify an owner for deferral of assessments under Minn. Stat. § 435.193. In deciding whether to grant a waiver,. the Town Board shall only consider the applicant's ability to pray the administrative charge, and not the underlying abatement work or costs for same: SECTION 8. SERVICE. 8-1. When service of an order or notice is required, any one (1) or more of the following methods of service shall be. adequate; 8-1.1. By personal service, 84.2. By certified mail, through the U.S..Postal Service; 8-1.3. By U.S. mail, unless it is a written order which gives three (3). days or less for the completion of any act it requires; or 8-1.4. If the appropriate party or address cannot be determined after reasonable effort, by posting a copy of the order in a conspicuous place on the property. 8-2. if a mailed order or notice is returned by the.:United States Postal. Service, a good.faith effort shall be made to determine the correct address, unless the order or notice orders abatement and that abatement has been completed. SECTION 9. ABATEMENT PROCEDURE. Except as provided for in. Sections 10 or 11, the Town may abate the nuisance. by the procedure described below: 10