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3) If the City abates the public health nuisance,:in addition to any legal remedy, it is entitled to recover all costs associated with. such abatement plus. an additional 25%a ofthc City's costs for .ad rninistration. .In add it1on.to..any other Iegal remedy, the City may recover costs by civiI action against the person or persons who own the property in Elie matter that taxes. and special assessments are certified and collected pursuant to Minitesota Statutes Section 429.101. 10. Authority to Modify or Remove Declaration of .Public Health Nuisance. 1) The'Envirorinterital Health Official is authorized to modify the Declaration condifions or remove the Declaration of Pubiic:I-Iealth Nuisance. 2) Such modifications or removal of the Declaration shall only occur:after.documentation from a: qualified environmental or cleaning firmstat1ng..that the health and safety risks, including those to neighbors and potential dwelling occupants, are sufficiently abated or corrected to allow safe occupancyaf.the dwelling. Section 12. Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Council to enforce the provisions of. this Ordinance, and the Council may, by resolution; delegate to ather officers at. agencies power to enforce particular provisions of this Ordinance,. including the power to i n spect. pri vate premises, and thc.officers charged with enforcement of this 0.rdinance shall take. all reasonab le.precautions.to. prevent. the commission: and mainten.ance.of publie nuisances. Section 13. Powers:of Officers. Whenever, in the judgement.of the officer charged with enforcement, it is determined upon .investigation that a public nuisance is being. maintained or exists within the City, such officer shall notifyin writing the.person committing or maintaining such public nuisance and require hiin to terminate.and abate said nuisance and to remove such can ditions.or remedy such defects. Said written notice shall be servedon the person committing or maintaining said nuisance, in person. or by registered mail. If the premises are not occupied and the address of the owiier is unknown, service.on the•owner may be had by posting.A copy of the.: notice on the premises. Said not ice:shaII require the .own er or occupant of suph. premises, or both, to. take re ason AN 6. step s. and time to be designated in said. notice, but the maxi inurn time for the removal. of said nuisance after .service of said notice. shall not in any event exceed thirty (30) days. Service of notice may be. proved by filing an affidavit of service in the office.of th.e City Clerk setting forth tlte. manner and time thereof When an order so given is not complied 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 fiirther continuation of said nuisance.: Section 14. Abatement of Nuisance.by Council. 1, Normal. procedure. If,. after such service of rioti'ce; the person served Fails to abate:the nuisance or make. the: necessary repairs, alterations, or changes: in accordance with the direction of the Council, the Council may cau.s.e such nuisance to be abated at the,expen se of the Council and recover such. expenditure,. plus an add itional:twenty-fiive.percent (25%) ofsuch expenditures, by civil action against the:person or persons served; or of service has..Iieen had upon the owner or occupant by ordering.the Clerk to extend. such :sum, plus twenty-five percent (250/6) thereof, as a special tax against the property upon which the nuisance existed.:and to. certify the. same to:the county auditor ofRam sey.County,.lvlinnego ta, for collection in.the. same manner as. taxes and. special ass essments.ate cerdfjed and collected. 2. Summary enforcement. Incases where the delay in abatement required to complete.the.notise. and procedure •requirements. set..forth in sections. 1 lan d 14.1 will permit a continuing nuisance to unreasonably endanger public: health, safety or welfare, :the. Council may order summary enforcement and abate the nuisance. The officer charged with enforcement shall determine that public nuisance exists or is being maintained on pi=entises in. the City and that delay in abatement of the nuisance wiII-unreasonably endanger public health, safety or welfare. The' enforcement officer shall notify in writing the occupant or owner of the:pretnises arthe nature of the nuisance and ofthe .City's decision to seek suinmary:enforce mentand the time.and place of the. Co u n QJ I m eeting to con. sider the question of summary enforcement. The Council shall determine whether or not the condition .identified in the notice..to the owner or occupant is a.nuisanc:e, whether public health; safety or welfare wiII.be unreasonably endangered by delay in abatement required to complete the procedure set forth above; and may order that such nuisance be immediately term inated or Nuhanee Ordinance 14Q 86