Ordinance - #94-13 - 11/07/1994 - Laserfiche WebLink

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SECTION 3. WEED ELIMINATION Subdivision 1. Any weeds, whether noxious as defined by law or not, growing upon any lot or parcel of land outside the traveled portion of any street or alley in the City to a greater height than 12 inches or which have gone or are about to go to seed are a nuisance. The owner and the occupant shall abate or prevent such nuisance on such property and on land outside the traveled portion of the street or alley abutting on such property. Subdivision 2. On or before June 1 of each year and at such other times as ordered by resolution of the Council, the City Administrator shall publish once in the official newspaper a notice directing owners and occupants of property within the City to destroy all weeds declared by Subd. 1 to be a nuisance and stating that if not so destroyed within 10 days after publication of the notice, the weeds will be destroyed by the Public Works Supervisor at the expense of the owner and if not paid, the charge for such work will be made a special assessment against the property concerned. Subdivision 3. If the owner or occupant of any property in the City fails to comply with the notice within 10 days after its publication, the Public Works Supervisor shall cut and remove such weeds. The Public Works Supervisor shall keep a record showing the cost of such work attributable to each separate lot and parcel and shall deliver to each separate lot and parcel, such information to the City Administrator. SECTION 4. pUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS When the City removes or eliminates public health or safety hazards from private property under City Code Section 5.08 entitled, "Public Nuisance," the administrative officer responsible for doing the work shall keep a record of the cost of such removal or elimination against each parcel of property affected and annually deliver such information to the City Administrator. This section does not apply to hazardous buildings under the hazardous building law, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 463.15 to 463.26. SECTION INSTALLATION AND REPAIR OF WATER SERVICE LINES Whenever the City installs or repairs water service lines serving private property under City Code Section 4.40 entitled, "Water and Sewer Utilities," the City Engineer shall keep a record of the total cost of the installation or repair against the property and deliver such information to the City Administrator annually by September 1 as to each parcel of property on which the cost has not been paid. SECTION 6. STREET SPRINKLING, STREET FLUSHING, TREE CARE, ETC, Subdivision 1. The Council shall each year determine by resolution what streets and alleys shall be sprinkled or flushed, oiled, or given other dust treatment during the year and the kind of work to be done on each. The Council shall also determine by resolution from time to time the streets on which trees shall be trimmed and cared for, the kind of work to be done, and