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Ordinance #
ORDINANCE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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A legislative ordinance to amend Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 175, Dutch Eim Disease,
to facilitate title changes.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1
Section 175, Dutch Eim Disease, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 175.05. Abatement, procedures.
(a) Norification to owner, eta Whenever the city forester has reason to believe that a
nuisance as defined in section 175.02 exists on any private property in the city, he shall
mail a written order to the last known address of the owner of the real praperty involved.
For the purpose of this chapter, "owners" and their addresses shall be those shown to be
such on the recards of the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxation, but other
appropriate records may be used. The written order shail notify the owner of the existence
of the nuisance and direct that it be removed within twenty (20) days after receipt of such
notice. The notice shall also state that if such nuisance has not been abated within the
time provided, the city, by and through its department of community services, may abate
the nuisance at the expense of the owner and that, if the costs of the abatement have not
been prepaid by the owner at the time the abatement takes place, the charge For such work
and any administrative costs incurred by th
serviees real estate division of the department of �ublic works for processing the
collection thereof shall be made a special assessment against the property concerned.
(b) Failure to act; city may abate. If the owner or person in control of any private premises
fails to have such nuisance so removed and properly disposed of within twenty (20) days
after receipt of notification by mail, or when the owner or person in control cannot be
located, the department of community services may proceed to have the nuisance
removed and disposed of, and any expense incurred by the city in so doing may be a
charge and lien upon the property and shall be collected as a special assessment against
the property concerned. Included as part of the assessment shall be those administrative
costs incurred by the real estate division
of the department of public works in processing the collection of the abatement.
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i (c) Costs to be assessed. The city forester shall keep a record of the cost of abatements done ��.. ��'l�
2 under this section and, on or before September 1 of each yeaz, shall report to the
3 real estate division of the depariment of
4 �ublic works all work done for which assessments are to be made, stating and certifying
5 the description of the lots and parcels involved and the amount chargeable to each lot and
6 parcel. The total costs of this abatement including the adtninistrative costs incurred by the
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finanee-�ep�tmer� real estate division of the de�artment of public works in processing
the abatement shall then be assesed against the affected reai properiy in the manner
provided for in Chapter 14 of the City Charter and shall be collected in accordance with
those applicable provisions contained in Chapter 64 of the St. Paul Administrative Code;
provided, however, that these assessments shall be payable in not to exceed five (5)
annual installments.
(d) Subsidies. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, the city
may provide total or partial subsidies to owners of private residential property for the cost
of zemoving diseased trees; provided, however, that the private residential properiy is
used exciusively for residential purposes only; and provided further, that the property has
located thereon a dwelling or dwellings which are exclusively designed for and used as
single or multidwelling buildings with families living independent of each other.
Section 2
That this ordinance revision shall take affect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage,
approval and publication.
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DepartmenUOffice/council: Date Initiated: ��, ���
MO — Mayor'sOffice 15-JAN-04 Green Sheet NO: 3010341
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Action Requested: -
Changes to L,egislative Ordinance, Chapter 175.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Followfng Questions:
Planning Commission t. Has this person/firtn everworked undera contractforihis department?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civii Service Commission 2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
_ 3. Does�this person/firtn possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
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Initiating Problem, issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why): . �
I,egislarive Ordinance Code changes to Chapter 175, See attached.
Advantages If Approved: '
See Above.
Disadvantages If Approved:
None
DisadvanWges If Not Approved:
Changes not made.
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