City Council Ordinance 185ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 185
THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO HEREBY ORDAINS THAT ORDINANCE
SECTION 7-1-1 (H) BE DELETED, SECTION 7-1-1 (I) BE RENUMBERED TO
7-1-1 (H), AND SECTION 7-1-4 PERTAINING TO ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC
NUISANCES BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
7-1-4 ENFORCEMENT:
(A) Any person owning and/or occupying property within the city
where activities described in subsection (C), (D), and (E) are in
violation of this ordinance shall be so notified in writing by the
City of the violation by certified mail and given seven ( 7 ) 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.
Any person owning and/or occupying property within the city where
activities described in subsections ( A) , ( B) , ( F) , ( G) , and ( H ) are
in violation of this ordinance shall be so notified in writing by
the City of the violation by mail and given ten (10) 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 or ten
day period (depending on violation) 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 or ten 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:
1. petition the District Court for civil relief from the
violation; or
2. 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 ( C) , ( D) , and ( E) , 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 (C), (D), or (E) occurred.
Ordinance Amendment No. 185
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{B} PENALTY: Any person who violates any of the provisions of
this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not more than $700.00 and by imprisonment in the county jail o f not
more than 90 days.
Adopted this 9th day of April, 1990.
M or
City Admi istrator
Published in the Monticello Times on 4/12/90.