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601-12 intended action and the right to appeal the abatement and any cost recovery at the next regularly scheduled city council meeting. 3. Major abatement. When the enforcement officer determines that the cost of abating a nuisance will exceed $5,000 based on a reasonable, good faith estimate, the standard abatement procedure provided in paragraph 1 is altered in the following manner: a. The abatement notice must provide that if the party does not abate the nuisance within the time specified, the matter will be referred to the city council for a hearing, and b. The abatement notice must specify the date, time, and location of the city council hearing. 4. Vegetation abatement. For a vegetation public nuisance under section 601.030.h and 601.070, the standard abatement procedure provided in paragraph 1 is altered in the following manner: a. The abatement notice may require removal within three days after service of the notice, not including Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. This notice will remain in effect for the remainder of the calendar year; and b. Two days advance notice posted on the property is required for abating a recurrence of the same condition. 5. Cost recovery. The owner of property on which a nuisance has been abated by the city, or a person who has caused a public nuisance on property not owned by that person, is personally liable to the city for the cost of the abatement, including administrative fees in the amount of not more than 25% of the cost to abate the nuisance, except that in no event shall the administrative fee be less than $50.00. Unpaid charges constitute a lien against the premises where the abatement occurred on and after the date they were incurred. A property that is the subject of multiple nuisance abatements within any continuous 60-month period may be charged additional administrative fees as follows, except when the city council determines that there are mitigating circumstances to reduce or eliminate the fee: For the 2nd abatement $100 For the 3rd abatement $200 For the 4th abatement $400 For the 5th and subsequent abatements $800 As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, an appropriate official will prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner or other responsible party. The amount is immediately due and payable to the City. 6. Assessment. If the cost, or any portion of it, has not been paid under subdivision 5 within 30 days after the date of the bill, the council may certify the unpaid cost against the property to which the cost is attributable. Before certification against the property, reasonable notice of the impending certification and an opportunity to be heard by the council must be given to the