06.01 Ordinance Amendment - Nuisance Abatement

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ORDINANCE NUMBER 17-_, SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING GENERAL OFFENSES REGULATIONS RELATING TO ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES COUNTY OF CROW WING STATE OF MINNESOTA The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: Purpose and Intent: The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to amend Chapter 7 of the Pequot Lakes City Code relating to abatement of public nuisances. Amendment: Chapter 7, General Offenses, Article 2, Defining and Prohibiting Nuisances and Providing a Penalty for Violation, Section 7-2.6,Abatement, is hereby amended as follows: Section 7-2.6.ABATEMENT Whenever the officer charged with enforcement determines that a public nuisance is being maintained or exists on premises in the City,the officer shall notify in writing the owner or occupant of the premises of such fact and order that such nuisance be terminated and abated. The notice shall be served in person or by certified or registered mail. If the premises are not occupied and the owner is unknown,the notice may be served by posting it on the premises. The notice shall specify the steps to be taken to abate the nuisance and the time, not exceeding 3o days, within which the nuisance is to be abated. If the notice is not complied with within the time specified, the enforcing officer shall report that fact forthwith to the Council. Thereafter the Council may, after notice and the owner or occupant has had an opportunity to be heard, o,.abating the determine that the condition identified in the notice of violation is a nuisance and further order that if the nuisance is not abated within the time prescribed by the Council,the city may seek summary enforcement of the order in the district court by serving a copy of the Council order and notice of motion for summary enforcement on the owner or occupant in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action, or alternatively obtain an administrative search and seizure warrant and abate the nuisance. The notice of the hearing before the Council shall be served in the same manner as notice by the enforcing officer is served, and shall be given at least ten (io) days before the date stated in the notice when the Council will consider the matter. If notice is given by posting, at least thirty(3o) days shall elapse between the day of posting and the hearing.