Agenda - Council Work Session - 10/11/2022

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a. Any items, other than hazardous materials, public health nuisances, and grass, weeds, and brush removed from the property by the city or the city's designee will be held for 15 days prior to disposal. b. Within those 15 days, the property owner can reclaim any items held by the city or the city's designee after paying all fees incurred by the city associated with the abatement. c. If the property owner does not contact the city within 15 days to reclaim the items, all items will be disposed of or sold. d. Any abated items that are reclaimed and returned to the property by the property owner that are found to be in violation of this article shall be abated immediately by the city without the need to begin a new abatement process. e. The property owner may request the items stored to be disposed of anytime within the 15-day storage period, excluding weekends and observed holidays. The property owner will only be billed for the time stored until the disposal request is made. (6) Record of abatement costs and billing. The City Administrator chicf of police, or Ns their designee, shall keep a record of the costs of abatement performed under this article and shall report monthly to the finance officer all work performed for which the property owners shall be billed. The invoices shall state and certify the description of the land, lots or parcels involved and the amount assessable to each. (7) Certification of unpaid abatement costs to county auditor. On or before September 1 of each year, the finance officer shall list the total unpaid charge for each abatement or administrative citation against each separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable under this article. After notice and hearing as provided in Minn. Stats. § 429.061, the council may then spread the charges against property benefited as a special assessment under Minn. Stats. § 429.101 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 ten, as the council may determine in each case. (e) Interference prohibited. It is a misdemeanor for any person to prevent, delay or interfere with the city or its agents while they are engaged in the performance of duties set forth in this article. (Code 1978, § 5.20, subd. 2; Ord. No. 07-14, § 3, 9-11-2007; Ord. No. 08-32, § 2(5.20, subd. 2), 12-9-2008; Ord. No. 11-06, § 2B, 4-26- 2011) Sec. 2-333. - Administrative citation. (a) Application. An administrative citation may be issued in conjunction with, or in lieu of, prosecution or abatement for any violation of any section of this Code, as described by resolution of the city council and is subject to the administrative hearing process described herein. (b) Notice. Any mcmbcr e-f }hc • - - - a-ssigns The Chief of Police and their designees n as well as the City Administrator and their designees, upon determining there has been a violation, shall notify the violator, or person responsible for the violation, or in the case of a vehicular violation, by attaching to said vehicle notice of the violation, said notice setting forth the nature, date, time of the violation, the name of the official issuing the notice and the amount of the scheduled initial penalty and where applicable, any other charges relating thereto. (c) Penalties. Upon expiration of the time required by the notice and the nuisance has not been abated by the property owner, an administrative citation may be issued. (1) An administrative civil penalty may be imposed per the city's rates and charges for each violation. (1) For the first violation within a 12 month period, an administrative civil penalty shall be imposed per the city's rates and charges.