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• <br />• <br />• <br />901.05 Abatement. <br />Subdivision 1. General. Whenever the officer charged with enforcement <br />determines that a public nuisance is being maintained or exists on premises in <br />the city, the officer shall notify in writing the owner or occupant of the <br />premises of such fkt and order that such nuisance be terminated and abated. The <br />notice shall be served in person or by certified or registered mail. If the <br />premises are not occupied and the owner is unknown, the notice may be served by <br />posting it on the premises. The notice shall specify the steps to be taken to <br />abate the nuisance and the time, not exceeding 30 days, within which the nuisance <br />is to be abated, provided the time for abatement shall not exceed 10 days in the <br />case of noxious weeds. If the notice is not complied with within the time time <br />specified, the enforcing officer shall report that fact forthwith to the council. <br />Thereafter the council, after notice and hearing, may cause the nuisance to be <br />abated by the city. <br />Subd. 2. Emergency Abatement. When the officer charged with enforcement <br />determines that a nuisance constitutes a serious and imminent danger to the public <br />safety or health, the officer may summarily abate the nuisance after a reasonable <br />attempt to notify the owner or occupant of the property. The officer shall <br />immediately thereafter notify in writing the owner or occupant of the premises of <br />the action taken. The notice shall be served in person or by registered or <br />certified mail. <br />Subd. 3. Costs of Abatement. The cost of the abatement may be assessed <br />as a current service against the property upon which or which created the nuisance. <br />- 145 - <br />