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<br />nuisances emunerated in the ordnlil4mce to w~idll the <br />local improvemcnt code section alppBies. <br /> <br />If the city has an ordinance like t'1e wgUle modell <br />defining current services and providing for speciall <br />assessments in those cases, subdivnsiOlIIl 2 olf tbe mode] <br />nuisance ordinance will halve to be adapted accord- <br />ingly. Ordinances adopte<l1 by some Mi[J1J]csoti cities <br />provide for assessing the cost of d~y abatement of <br />every kind of nuisance prohibited by the ordinance; <br />however, courts have focelIh rcnuctmt Qo allow CJse olf Qhe <br />assessmcnt procedurc where a stZ1~utc 011' ci1&rter does <br />not specifically authorize fit <br /> <br />Because of this legal doubt, the moo~ll crdlina:mce <br />provision does not go beyond! ilie sfj}cdfic s~aiUJ1ory au- <br />thority. Charter cities with 2IKIl oIDJ!l1ifGus grant of ]!rowe:r <br />to the city 011' with specific ,mtho111ity ~o collec1 the cosIl <br />of eliminating any nuisance by the special 2Jssessme11lft <br />method may wish to broaden the 12lnguage of this <br />section to use this authority to assess costs in any <br />nuisance case. <br /> <br />Some ordinances specify the adlministrative costs <br />referred to in subdivision i. e.g., costs of publicaaion of <br />cOuncil action; serving and postfil1g notice; departmen- <br />tal costs and expenses, including overhead and allow., <br />ance for time of city employees; and! expense of any <br />equipmcnt uscd. A fcw ordinances U~ actual city <br /> <br />OCP:ch <br />10/76 <br />OCP:glb <br />9/80 <br />OCP:JH:glb <br />3/91 <br /> <br />oulllay bu'l add a per1::::nt2Jgc of such cos! (usually 10 to <br />25 perce~l) to retovcr reasonablc ovcrhzad costs. <br /> <br />, <br />I <br />\ <br />:' <br />...: <br /> <br />Section 3. PelnJalJty. A::lY pcrsoc convic!ed of violating <br />"my jprovision of this ordbance is guilty of a misdemeanor <br />amll shaH be punTIsilerlllby a fine not ~o exceed $500 or <br />imprisoiIllffien1 fOT not mo::e than 90 ~ys, or !both, plus thc <br />cos~s of prosectlItio:rn TI;] ei:her case. <br /> <br />Comment: This is tfrne w"zxLmurn penalty fo:." misdemeanors. <br />Some dtnes may preCel" making every v:olation a petty <br />offense punishable o:1ly by a fi:1C without the option ~~ <br />2) j3lnn scnten~e. Pres,,:inably the defendant in a prosece- <br />U0111 for v:c]atnoi:1 olf !::;ch 21 pro'.rision wou;d no,o be <br />c::11fitledl tc 2) juIi)' iri2. ami there could ~ :10 appeal <br />eitcept on qllcs1nons of ~21w. If a city w3shes to use the <br />]!reQty misdcmc.mo1 approach, tle pcr:aty section can <br />~ easily r~"'nsed by 31rikir.g out the rcf~rcnce to <br />imprisoT'.ment. cha~g:~g the maximum ftlJC to $1 GO, <br />,md inserting t!:e wcrCJ "pcHy" before ":nisucmcm:or." <br /> <br />A section s1aQing the datc wher. iDe ordnznce :s ~o ga <br />1[110 effect may be bcludeo for infonllztion or where <br />necessary to comply with charter provisions. In <br />staMory cities and i:J most ch;:rtcr cities, such a <br />~rovision is necessary on~y nf flC council docs not wish <br />Qo have the ordimm~e go into effect on the date of <br />IIml>lication or the r~g:!lar effective date specified by <br />ch2lrtcr. <br /> <br />Pag~ 8 <br /> <br />A Model Nuisance Ordinance <br />