City Council Ordinance 1306ORDINANCE NO. 1306
BLIGHT
AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT, REDUCE, OR ELIMI NATE BLIGHT, BLIGHTING
FACTORS OR CAUSE OF B LIGHT WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF MO NTICELLO,
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT HEREOF;
AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
The Village Council of Monticello ordains:
Section 1. Causes of Blight or Blighting Factors.
It is hereby determined that the uses, structures, and activities, and causes of
blight or blighting factors described herein, if allowed to exist, will tend to result in
blighted and undesirable neighborhoods so as to be harmful to the public welfare, health
and safety. On and after the effective date of this ordinance no person, firm or corporation
of any kind shall maintain or permit to be maintained any of these causes of blight or
blighting factors upon any property in the Village of Monticello owned, leased, rented, or
occupied by such person, firm,or corporation:
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a. In any area residential in character, the storage upon any property of junk
automobiles. For 'the purpose of this ordinance, the term "junk automobiles: shall
include any motor vehicle, part of a motor vehicle, or a former motor vehicle, stored
in the open, which is not currently licensed for use upon the highways of the State of
Minnesota, and is either (1) unusable or inoperable because of lack of, or defects in
component parts; or (2) unusable or inoperable because of damage from collision,
deterioration, or having been cannibalized; or (3) beyond repair and therefore not
intended for future use as a motor vehicle; or (4) being retained on the property for
for possible use of salvageable parts.
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b. In any area within the Village of Monticello the storage or accumulation of
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junk, trash, rubbish, or refuse of any kind, except refuse stored in such a manner
as not to create a niusance for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. The term "junk"
shall include parts of machinery or motor vehicles, unused stoves or other appliances
stored in the open; remnants of wood; decayed weathered or broken construction materials
no longer suitable for safe, approved building materials; metal or any other material
or cast off material of any kind whether or not the same could be put to reasonable use.
C. In any area the existence of any structure or part of any structure which because
of fire, wind, or other natural disaster, or physical deterioration is no longer habitable
as a dwelling, nor useful for any other purpose for which it may have been intended.
d. In any area residential in character, the existence of any vacant dwelling,
garage or other out -building , unless such buildings are kept securely locked, windows
kept glazed or neatly boarded up and otherwise protected to prevent entrance thereto by
vandals.
e. In any area the existence of any noxious or poisonous vegetation such as poison
ivy, rag weed, or other poisonous plants, or any weed, grass, brush or plants, which
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are a fire hazard or odienvise detrimental to the health or appearance of the neighborhood.
Section 2. Enforcement and Penalties.
a. The owner and occupant of any property upon which any of the causes of blight
or blighting factors set forth in Section 1 hereof, is found to exist shall be notified in
writing by the Village Clerk to remove or eliminate such causes of blight or blighting factors
from such property within ten (10) days after service of the notice upon him. Such
notice may be served personally or by mailing the same by registered mail, return
receipt requested, to the last known address of the owner and, if the premises are
occupied, to the premises. Additional time may be granted by the Village Council where bona
fide efforts to remove or eliminate such causes of blight or blighting factors are in
b. Failure to comply with such notice within the time allowed shall constitute a
violation of this ordinance.
C. Violation of this ordinance shall be a misdemeanor.
d. In case of failure to remove any blight as defined in Section 1-e within the time
prescribed, the Mayor may order that Street Superintendent to cut down and remove or
otherwise destroy all such noxious, inflammable or detrimental, vegetation, and shall
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certify the cost thereof the Village Clerk. The Village Clerk shall certify such
cost to the County Auditor as a special assessment against the property involved for
collection in the same manner as other special assessments. As an additional or
alternative remedy, the owners of any interest in said land and the occupant shall be jointly
and severally liable for such costs, and the costs shall be recoverable in any action
brought against any of them in the name of the Village.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days from date of
passage and publication.
Passed by the Council this ' day of 1971.
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