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

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what unsound trees shall be removed. The Council shall schedule an improvement hearing and provide notice as prescribed in Minnesota 429.031. At such hearing or at any adjournment thereof, the Council shall hear property owners with reference to the scope and desirability of the proposed projects. The Council may thereupon adopt a resolution confirming the original projects with such modifications as it considers desirable and shall provide for the doing of the work by day labor through the City Engineer or by contract, or the Council may abandon the project(s). Subdivision 2. With regard to any project approved, the City Engineer shall keep a record of the cost and the portion of the cost properly attributable to each lot and parcel of property abutting on the street or alley on which the work is done and shall report such information to the City Administrator. SECTION 7. STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM The City Administrator shall keep a record of the cost of operation of the street lighting system for the 12 months preceding September 1 of each year and the portion of the cost properly attributable during that period to each lot and parcel of property abutting on the street or alley in which the system is located. All such costs shall be collected in the manner provided by this Ordinance. SECTION 8. PERSONAL LIABILITY The owner of a property on which or adjacent to which a current service has been performed shall be liable for the cost of such service. As soon as the service has been completed and the cost determined, the City Administrator, or other designated official, shall prepare a bill and mail it to the owner and thereupon the amount shall be immediately due and payable at the office of the City Administrator. SECTION 9. ASSESSMENT On or before September 1 of ~ach year, the City Administrator shall list the total unpaid charges for each type of current service against each separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable under this Ordinance. After notice :and hearing as provided in Minnesota Statutes Section 429.061, the Council may then spread the charges against property benefited as a special assessment under Minnesota Statutes, Section 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. SECTION 10. PENALTY Any person who maintains a nuisance in violation of Section 2 or 3 and any person who interferes with a City employee or other authorized person in the performance of any current service under this Ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor, but a prosecution shall be brought for such violation only on the direction of the COuncil. If convicted of such violation, such person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $700.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, and the cost of prosecution in either case may be added. SECTION 11. SEPARABILITY In case any section of this Ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall extend only to the section affected and other sections of the Ordinance shall continue in full force and effect.