Ordinance No. 143 Clandestine Drug Labs

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2. No person may occupy, enter or allow occupancy or entrance to property declared a public health nuisance under this Section until such declaration is vacated or modified to allow occupancy. 2. Law Enforcement Notice to Other Authorities. Upon identification of a clandestine drug lab site or chemical dump site deemed to place neighbors, visiting public, or present and future occupants of the affected property at risk for exposure to harmful contaminants and other associated conditions, law enforcement officials shall notify the City Environmental Health Official and other appropriate municipal, child protection, and public health authorities of the property location, the property owner if known, and conditions found. 3. Seizure of Property. 1. If a clandestine drug lab or chemical dump site is located inside a vehicle, boat, trailer, or other form of moveable personal property, law enforcement authorities may immediately seize such property and transport it to a more secure location. 2. Personal property may not be removed from a clandestine drug lab site or a chemical dump site without the prior consent from the City Environmental Health Official. 4. Action by City Environmental Health Official. 1. Upon notification by law enforcement authorities, the City Environmental Health Official or other appropriate municipal or public health authority will issue a Declaration of Public Health Nuisance for the affected property and post a copy of the Declaration at all probable entrances to the dwelling or property. 2. Removal of the posted Declaration of Public Health Nuisance by anyone other than the Environmental Health Official, law enforcement authorities, or their designees, is prohibited. 3. The City Environmental Health Official shall also attempt to notify the following parties of the Declaration of Public Health Nuisance: 1. Owner of the property; 2. Occupants of the property; 3. Neighbors within close proximity that can be reasonably affected by the conditions found; 4. The Ramsey County Sheriff's Department; and 5. Other state and local authorities, such as the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Department of Public Health, which are known to have public 4. Any rental license issued by the City for the property is immediately suspended upon issuance of the Declaration of Public Health Nuisance. Such license will be reinstated only after full compliance with an abatement order. 5. After issuance of the Declaration of Public Health Nuisance, the City Environmental Health Official will issue an order to the property owner to abate the public health nuisance. The abatement order will include the following: 1. A copy of the Declaration of Public Health Nuisance; 2. An order to immediately vacate those portions of the property, including building or structure interiors, which may place the occupants or visitors at risk; Clandestine Drug Lab Ordinance No. 143