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City of Mounds View scheduled City Council meeting. Subd. 3.7. 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 for the cost of abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, the Clerk- Administrator or their designee shall prepare a bill for the cost plus an additional 10% and mail it to the owner or other responsible party. Thereupon, the amount shall be immediately due and payable at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. a. Record of Abatement Costs: The Clerk-Administrator or his/her designee shall keep a record of the costs of abatements done under this ordinance and shall report monthly all work done to the appropriate officer for which assessments are to be made, stating and certifying the description of the land, lots, parcels involved and the amount assessable to each. Subd 4. 8. Assessment: If the cost, or any portion of it, has not been paid under Subdivision 7 3, within thirty (30) days after the date of the bill, the unpaid cost may be certified against the property to which the cost is attributable. On or before September 1 of each year, the Clerk-Administrator or his/her designee shall list the total unpaid charges for each abatement against each separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable. Before certification against the property, reasonable notice of the impending certification and an opportunity to be heard by the City Council must be given to the taxpayer of record. Failure of the taxpayer to receive the notice shall not invalidate the certification, however. The City Council may then spread the charges or any portion thereof against the property involved as a special assessment under Minnesota Statutes Section 429.101, as amended, and other pertinent statutes, for certification to the County Auditor for collection the following year along with current taxes Thereafter, the unpaid cost may be certified to the County Auditor for collection along with current taxes in the following year or in such annual installments, not exceeding ten (10), as the City Council may determine in each case. Subd. 5.9. Landlord's Liability: a. For the purpose of this subdivision, "owner" is defined to include corporations and partnerships as well as individual owners. b. Violation of the noise control regulations shall be the act of the owner of the residential dwelling unit as well as the persons on the premises who violate said regulations; except, that the owner shall be liable only for those violations occurring after receipt of written notice from the City of violation of the noise control regulations having occurred at the residential dwelling unit. Subd. 6.10. 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. (Ord. 556, 3-20-95)