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M <br />and the city's costs for services performed in connection with the clandestine drug lab <br />site clean up. The city's costs may include: <br />(1) posting of the site; <br />(2) notification of affected parties; <br />(3) securing the site, providing limited access to the site, and prosecution of <br />unauthorized persons found at the site; <br />(4) expenses related to the recovery of costs, including the special assessment <br />process; <br />(5) laboratory fees; <br />(6) clean-up services; <br />(7) administrative fees; <br />(8) legal fees; and <br />(9) other associated costs. <br />1175.100. City_Action and Recovery_ of Costs. <br />(1) 1 the site owner fails to comply with any of the requirements of this section, the <br />city is authorized to take all reasonable actions necessary to abate the public <br />health nuisance, including contracting with a city -approved environmental hazard <br />testing and cleaning firm to complete the necessary clean-up. J he city is also <br />authorized to provide a copy of the declaration of public health nuisance to the <br />holders of mortgage or Bern interests in the affected site. <br />(2) If the costs to clean the site or to clean the personal property at the site are <br />prohibitively high in relation to the value of the site or the personal property, the <br />city is authorized to remove or demolish the site, structure or building and dispose <br />of the personal property in. it. These actions must be taken in accordance with the <br />provisions of Minn. Stat. §§ 463.15 through 463.261. <br />(3) If the city abates the public health nuisance, the city is entitled to recover all of its <br />actual costs, plus an additional 25% of such costs for administrative expense, in <br />addition to any other legal remedy. The city may recover costs by civil action <br />against the site owner or by assessing the costs against the site as a lien against the <br />property and certifying the same to Ramsey/Ilenepin County for collection in the <br />same manner as ad valorem taxes and special assessments are collected. <br />1175.110. Recovery of Costs from Persons Causing Dame. Nothing in this ordinance <br />limits the right of the site owner or the City to recover clean-up costs from the tenant or <br />operators of the clandestine drug lab. <br />F ACouncil MeeiingsA04262005VORI)INA1\7CHNIn"1-11.doc <br />