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Attachment 12 XX.XX: CITY ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS NUISANCES: A. Notice: Whenever an officer charged with enforcement determines that a public nuisance is being maintained or exists on premises in the City, and determines that the City abatement process is appropriate, the officer shall notify, in writing, the owner or occupant of the premises of such fact and order that such nuisance be terminated or abated. The notice shall specify the steps to be taken to abate the nuisance and the time, not exceeding 30 days, within which the nuisance is to be abated. B. Service of Notice: Notice maybe served by any or all of the following methods: 1. In person; or 2. By regular or certified mail; or 3. By posting on site or premises. C. Noncompliance: If the notice is not complied with within the time specified, the enforcing officer shall immediately report that fact to the City Council. The enforcing officer shall also provide notice to the owner or occupant of the premises that the City Council will consider the matter and may provide for abating the nuisance by the City. The notice shall state the date on which the City Council will consider the matter. Notice by the enforcing officer shall be given at least ten days before the date stated in the notice when the City Council will consider the matter. D. Action of City Council: Upon notice from the enforcing officer of noncompliance, the City Council may, after notice to the owner or occupant and an opportunity to be heard, provide for abating the nuisance by the City. E. Immediate Threat: If the nuisance poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of the public, the City may abate the nuisance immediately with no hearing. XX.XX: RECOVERY OF COST: A. Personal Liability: The owner of premises on which a nuisance has been abated by the City shall be personally liable for the cost to the City of the abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, the City Manager, or other official designated by the City Council, shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner. The amount shall be immediately due and payable at the office of the City Manager. B. Assessment: If the nuisance is a public health or creating a public safety hazard, the City Manager shall, on or before September 1 next following abatement of the nuisance, list the total unpaid charges along with all other such charges, as well as other charges for current services to be assessed under Minnesota Statutes section 429.101 against each separate lot or parcel to which the charges are attributable. The City Council may then spread the charges against such property under that statute and other pertinent statutes for certification to the County Auditor and collection along with current taxes the following year, or in annual installments not exceeding 10, as the City Council may determine in each case. Page 53 of 82