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* * * * * D R A F T * * * * * City of Mounds View 605.04 605.06 605.04: ABATEMENT PROCEDURES; ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: Subd. 1. Notice to Abate: Whenever the City Administrator or an agent find that nuisances, as defined in Section 605.03 of this Chapter, exist on any public or private property in the City, they shall notify the property owner on which such nuisances are located, by personal service or by mail, that the nuisances must be abated within a specified time as follows:, not less than ten (10) days from the date of service or from the date of mailing of such notice for dead or diseased elms; before the date indicated in the notice for red oaks with oak wilt disease; and before the date indicated in the notice, but no later than April 15 of the following year, for dead or infested ash trees, or immediate removal of dead or infested ash trees will eliminate the likelihood of an imminent threat of spread to other ash trees during late spring. If mailed notice or personal service cannot be achieved, then notice may be obtained by publishing same in the legal newspaper not less than five (5) days prior to the date that the nuisance must be abated pursuant to the notice. Oak wilt nuisances must be abated by a predetermined date, as established by the City Council. Subd. 2. Failure to Abate; Cost Billed to Owner: If the owner shall fail to remove the nuisance(s) from the property described in the notice, the City Administrator or an agent shallmay order the work to be done, and the cost of said work shallmay be billed against the owner. Subd. 3. Responsibility for Costs: a. Trees which are diseased pursuant to this Chapter located on City street rights of way will may be removed at a cost of fifty percent (50%) to the owner of the abutting property with the City assuming the remaining costs. b. All other materials pursuant to this Chapter are the responsibility of the owner of the abutting property. Subd. 4. Special Assessment: If the owner shall fail to pay the bill, as provided for in subdivisions 1 and 2b hereof, within ninety (90) days, the Council may then assess the amount due, plus interest, plus costs against the property as a special assessment pursuant to Minnesota Statutes1. 605.05: DISRUPTION OF ROOT GRAFTS: Whenever a tree is found, which is actually or potentially diseased with any disease covered in this Chapter, the City Administrator or an agent may take whatever steps are necessary as recommended by the Commissioner of Agriculture to disrupt all potential root grafts. This disruption shallmay be performed as soon as possible. The property owner or the person in possession, if different from the owner, on which the trees stand and adjacent property owners or the persons in possession, if different from the owner, if the disruption procedure extends onto that property, shall be notified by personal service or first class mail that said disruption will be done. 1 M.S.A. §429.101.