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§ 137-22. Recovery of cost.

A. Personal liability. The owner of premises on which a nuisance has been abated by the City shall be personally liable for the cost to the City of the abatement, including administrative costs. As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, the City Clerk/Treasurer or other official designated by the Council shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner. Thereupon, the amount shall be immediately due and payable at the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer.

B. Assessment. If the nuisance is a public health or safety hazard on private property, the accumulation of snow and ice on public sidewalks, the growth of weeds on private property or outside the traveled portion of streets, or unsound or insect-infected trees, the Clerk/Treasurer shall, on or before November 10 next following abatement of the nuisance, list the total unpaid charges along with all other such charges as well as other charges for current services to be assessed under Minn. Stat. § 429.101 against each such property under that statute and other pertinent statutes for certification to the Wabasha County Auditor and collection along with current taxes the following year or in annual installments, not exceeding 10, as the Council may determine in each case.