City Council Ordinance 179ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 179
THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO HEREBY ORDAINS THAT TITLE 7, CHAPTER 1,
SECTION 4, PERTAINING TO PUBLIC NUISANCES BE ADDED AS FOLLOWS:
7-1-4: ENFORCEMENT. Any person owning property within the City where
activities in violation of this ordinance are occurring shall be so
notified in writing by the City of the violation by certified mail and given
seven days to either correct the violation or appeal to the City Council for a
determination that the complained of activity does not violate the ordinance.
An appeal to the City Council is perfected within the seven day period if the
person in violation files with the City Administrator a written request to be
placed on the next City Council agenda for purposes of the Council hearing the
appeal. No further action shall then be taken by the City until such time as
the City Council shall determine that a violation does exist. Any party
aggrieved by a decision hereunder by the City Council may appeal the decision
to the District Court, Wright County, Minnesota within 30 days of the Council's
decision. If after seven days of the notice of violation the person in
violation of this ordinance fails to correct the violation or appeal to the
City Council, the City shall either:
a) petition the District Court for civil relief from the violation; or
b) remove and dispose of the material creating the violation and assess
the cost of clean up, removal, and disposal against the property
where such activity in violation of this ordinance occurred.
For purposes of 7-1-1 (D), the City need only provide the person in violation
thereof one notice in any one 12 -month period. If after a notice and within 12
months of such notice repeated violations occur, the City without additional
notice may correct the conditions creating such violations and assess the cost
therefor against the property where such activity in violation of 7-1-1 (D)
occurred.
Adopted this 10th day of July, 1989.
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