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Ordinance No. 1057 Page 3 91.031 FINDINGS. (A) Improperly maintained and secured vacant and/or foreclosed buildings and dwellings can become a hazard to the health and safety of people who may come on or near the property and can adversely affect the aesthetic and economic attributes of the City of Mounds View. (B) The presence of improperly maintained and secured vacant buildings and dwellings may constitute a threat to the public health, general welfare, and safety of Mounds View residents and visitors. (C) Vacant commercial buildings and residential dwellings may attract trespassers and criminal behavior. Neglected and unauthorized use of vacant buildings and dwellings creates a risk of fire, explosion, or flooding of the vacant dwelling or building and adjacent properties. (D)Vacant premises are often used as dumping grounds for junk, appliances, hazardous materials, debris, inoperable equipment and often have an unkempt appearance including long grass and weeds that foster blight, and often become a public nuisance with harborage for rodents or other pests. (E) Vacant buildings and dwellings that are boarded up to prevent unauthorized entry during prolonged vacancy discourage economic development and delay the appreciation of surrounding property values. (F) There is a substantial cost to the city for monitoring vacant buildings and dwellings regardless of whether they are boarded or not. This cost should be borne by those responsible for the vacancy and not by the general taxpayers of Mounds View. It is the responsibility of the owner or responsible party to prevent a vacant building or dwelling from becoming a burden to the neighborhood and a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare. 91.032 ADOPTION OF STATE LAW M.S. § 463.251, in its entirety, and any future amendments to said statute are adopted by reference. 91.33 VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION. (A) Residential Dwelling Registration: The owner, creditor or responsible party sha►I register a vacant dwelling with the Community Development Department no later than 30-days after the dwelling becomes vacant as defined in this chapter for the purpose of minimizing hazards to people or property as a result of the vacancy. The registration shall be submitted on a form and method provided by the Community Development Department and shall pay a registration fee: