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11-3. HEARING OFFICER. Prior to the hearing; a Hearing Officer appointed by the Town Board shall provide the owner with an opportunity to meet and informally discuss the matter. The Hearing Officer may submit. to the Board a recommendation based on the information obtained at such a meeting, 11-4.. HEAR1N0. At the time of the hearing, the. Town Board shaft hear from :the Code Enforcement Officer and any other parties who wish to be heard. After the hearing, the Town Board may adopt a .resolution levying an assessment for all or a portion of the costs incurred by the Town in abating the nuisance payable in a single installment, or by up to ten (10) equal annual installments as the Board may provide. SECTION 12. COLLECTION OF ABATEMENT COSTS. In the event the Town abates the nuisance pursuant to a Town Board order, all costs incurred by the Town shall be :calculated and reported to the Board. if not. already required, the Board shall schedule a hearing to adopt the final statement of charges and certify the same for assessment against property taxes. Notice of the hearing shall be given by mail and by publication in the same manner as local -improvement assessments of the Town. An owner of property to be assessed for abatement costs has the procedural rights afforded to an owner assessed for other purposes, including the ability to. appeal to District Court if written objection to the assessment is made at or before the Town Board's hearing on the assessment. If the Town Board, following the hearing, shall .approve some. or all of the abatement. charges, it shall adopt. a resolution adopting the same as a .special assessment against the property. The Town Board may elect to make the assessment payable in .a single installment or by up to ten (10) equal annual installments, at the Board's discretion. SECTION 13. ADOPTION BY REFERENCE. Minnesota Noise Pollution Control Rules, Minnesota. Rules Chapter 7030 of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Air Quality Division, Noise Pollution Control, as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof, as if fully set out herein. SECTION 14. CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB SITE - PURPOSE AND INTENT. The purpose of this Section is to protect the public health, safety and welfare and to reduce public exposure to health risks where law enforcement officers have determined that hazardous chemicals from a suspected clandestine drug lab or chemical dump site. may exist. These conditions present health and safety risks to occupants and Visitors of such structures and land through fire, explosion and skin and respiratory exposure to chemicals. The Town Board finds that such sites may contain hazardous. chemicals, substances, or residues that place .people, particularly children or adults of child-bearing age, at risk of exposure through inhabiting the property, visiting the property or using or being exposed to contaminated personal property. 14-1. DEFINITIONS. 1471.11. CHILD meansany person less than 18 years of age. 15