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Page 4 of 2p 1. Be in writing; 2. Include a description of the real estate sufficient for identification; 3. Include a statement of the violation or violations and why the notice is being issued; and 4. Include a correction order allowing a reasonable time to make the repairs and improvements required to bring the dwelling unit or structure into compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. (C) Method Of Service: Such notice shall be deemed to be properly served if a copy thereof is: 1. Delivered personally; or 2. Sent by certified or first-class mail addressed to the owner at the last known address; or 3. If the notice is returned showing that the letter was not delivered, a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in or about the structure affected by such notice. (D) Transfer Of Ownership: It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit or structure who has received a compliance order or upon whom a notice of violation has been served to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of to another unit until the provisions of the compliance order or notice of violation have been complied with, or until such owner shall first furnish the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee a true copy of any compliance order or notice of violation issued by the code official and shall furnish to the code official a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee, acknowledging the receipt of such compliance order or notice of violation and fully accepting the responsibility without condition for making the corrections or repairs required by such compliance order or notice of violation. (Ord. 706, 3-16-1998) 4-8-1-8: HAZARDOUS AND SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS AND VACANT BUILDINGS: (A) Hazardous And Substandard Buildings: Hazardous and substandard buildings shall be abated in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 463.15 et seq. (B) Securing Vacant Buildings: Vacant buildings may be secured in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 463.251. (Ord. 706, 3-16-1998) 4-8-1-9: EMERGENCY MEASURES: (A) Imminent Danger: When, in the opinion of the code official, there is imminent danger of failure or collapse of a building or structure which endangers life, or when any structure or part of a structure has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the structure, or when there is actual or potential danger to the building occupants or those in the proximity of any structure because of explosives, explosive fumes or vapors or the presence of toxic fumes, gases or materials, or operation of defective or dangerous equipment, the code official is hereby authorized and empowered to order and require the occupants to vacate the premises forthwith. The code official shall cause to be posted at each entrance to such structure a notice reading as follows: "This Structure is Unsafe and its Occupancy has been Prohibited by the Code Official". It shall be unlawful for any person to enter such structure except for the purpose of securing the structure, making the required repairs, removing the hazardous condition, or of demolishing the same. (B) Temporary Safeguards: Notwithstanding other provisions of this Chapter, whenever, in the opinion of the code official, there is imminent danger due to an unsafe condition, the code official shall order the necessary work to be done, including the boarding-up of openings, to render such structure temporarily safe whether or not the legal procedure herein described has been instituted; and she" cause such other action to be taken as the code official deems necessary to meet such emergen~, (C) Closing Streets: When necessary for the public safety, the code official shall temporarily close structures and close, or order the authority haiir~g jurisdiction to close, sidewalks, streets, public ways http://66.113.195.234/MN/Burnsville/docbar.htm 6/9/200.,