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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.101, subd. <br />1(9). <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.101, subd. <br />1(10). <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.101, subd. <br />1(11). <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.101, subd. <br />1(12). <br />Minn. Stat. § 443.015. <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.101, subd <br />1(b). <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.101, subd. <br />2. See also Sykes v. <br />Rochester, 787 N.W.2d 192 <br />(Minn. Ct. App. 2010). <br />Am. Bank v. City of <br />Minneapolis, 802 N.W.2d <br />781 (Minn. Ct. App. 2011). <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.101, subd. <br />3. <br />Gadey v. City of Minneapolis, <br />517 N.W.2d 344 (Minn. Ct. <br />App. 1994). <br />Minn. Stat. ch. 429. <br />Minn. Stat. § 429.031. <br />• Inspections related to a municipal housing maintenance code violation. <br />• Recovery of payments to rehabilitate and/or maintain safe and habitable <br />housing conditions over the useful life of a house or land - including <br />payment of utility bills and other services, even if provided by a third <br />party in rental situations. <br />• Painting the exterior of a structure to remedy a municipal code violation. <br />• The recovery of delinquent vacant building registration fees under a <br />municipal program designed to identify and register vacant buildings. <br />• Garbage collection and disposal. <br />Again, a city cannot exercise this authority until passing an authorizing <br />ordinance providing that such matters are the responsibility of the property <br />owner. (The ordinance cannot require that property owners perform street <br />sprinkling or other dust treatment, alley repair, tree trimming, care, and <br />removal or the operation of a street lighting system.) <br />Unpaid charges collected as special assessments are subject to the same <br />notice, hearing, and appeal requirements as any other special assessments. <br />They are not, however, subject to the special benefit test. <br />Cities may issue bonds or other debt instruments to finance the cost of <br />special services in the same manner as for local improvements, with three <br />modifications: <br />• These obligations may not run for more than two years. <br />• The amount of debt a city issues at any one time may not exceed the <br />estimated cost of the work it will do during the next six months. <br />• The council must set up a separate fund for each of the different services <br />financed through this procedure. <br />II. Synopsis of procedures <br />The following discussion is a guide, but not legal advice, as to the proper <br />fulfillment of special assessment procedures. The council should consult an <br />attorney familiar with the individual project to make sure the city follows all <br />legal procedures. If the proper procedures are not followed, a court may set <br />the assessment aside and order a reassessment. <br />In general, Chapter 429 proposes the following steps. <br />A. Initiation of proceedings <br />Either a petition from affected property owners or the council initiates <br />Chapter 429 proceedings. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 9/22/2011 <br />Special Assessment Guide Page 11 <br />