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specific sections of the City Code which it found Appellant to have violated, including <br />Section 5.08.04 -- 5.08.07 or Section '5.12.01. Appellant and Captain Dwyer each testified <br />that the notice was vague and did not provide concrete direction as to the required corrective <br />measures. The Court finds that the September 13, 2007 notice was lacking in specificity in <br />violation of Ramsey City Code Section 5.12.03, subd. 4. <br />34. The Court finds that many items of Appellant's personal property taken from the Property <br />and transported to Princeton were not covered by the City's September 13, 2007 notice. The <br />Court finds that a barbecue grill, a smoker unit, wood chipper, bicycles, a sled, and several <br />rakes and shovels do not constitute "conditions constituting a nuisance" and cannot be <br />considered "construction materials, appliances, junk, rubbish, and debris." While the City <br />may have considered these items to be junk or rubbish, the Court finds that the above- <br />mentioned items were taken from the Property by the City without prior notice. <br />35. The City removed a licensed 1964 Volkswagen Bus, a licensed 1'970 Chevrolet recreational <br />vehicle, an unlicensed 1984 Dodge Colt Vista, and 1950's tractor from the Property. <br />Appellant testified that all of these vehicles were operational. However, 'the City, in <br />contravention of Ramsey City Code Section 5.08.02 did not give Appellant a chance to <br />demonstrate that the vehicles were operational in their condition at the time of the abatement. <br />36. The City's published notice in the Anoka County Union on September 12, 2008, did not <br />technically comply with the two -week notice requirement as required by Minn. Stat. § <br />429.061. The Court finds that Appellant waived his right to assert defective notice because <br />he appeared at the September 23, 2008 assessment hearing and presented oral and written <br />objections to the assessmenf nieetiug. He also filed the instant t appeal under Minn. <br />Stat. § 429.081. The Court notes that the fact that the City published notice three days later <br />12 <br />