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(Verify Code Number) 4111 If the enforcing officer abates the nuisance pursuant to this section, the officer must reasonably attempt to notify the owner, occupant, or other responsible party if the intended action and the attempt to notify the owner, occupant, or other responsible party of the intended action and the right to appeal the abatement and any cost at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. Subd. 3 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, shall be personally liable to the City oft the cost of abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, the City Clerk or other official designated by the council shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner or other responsible party. Thereupon, the amount shall be immediately due and payable at the office of the City Clerk. Subd. 4 Assessment. If the cost, or any portion of it, has not been paid under Subdivision ??, within 30 days after the date of the bill, the unpaid cost may be certified against the property to which the cost is attributable. 411/0 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 taxpayer of record. Failure of the taxpayer to receive the notice shall not invalidate the certification, however. Thereafter, the unpaid cost may be certified to the County Auditor for collection along with current taxes int he following year or in such annual installments, not exceeding ten, as the council may determine in each case. Subd ??? Penalty. Any person in violation of any of the provisions in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day on which such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. •