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PAUL, MINNESOTA
1 An administrarive ordinance to amend Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 175, Dutch Elm Disease, to
2 facilitate title changes and administrarive reorganization.
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Section 1
S Section 175, Dutch Elm Disease, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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10 Sec. 175.05. Abatement, procedures.
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12 (a) Notifzcation to ow�er, etc. Whenever the city forester has reason to believe that a nuisance as defined
13 in section 175.02 exists on any private property in the city, he shall mail a written order to the last known
14 address of the owner of the real property involved. For the purpose of this chapter, "owners" and their
15 addresses shall be those shown to be such on the records of the Ramsey County Department of Property
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Taxation, but other appropriate recards may be used. The written order shall 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 deparhnent 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 the real estate a:.,;�:,.., ,.r.we ae�...,,..e.,+
°��.�:� section of the office of financial services for processing the collection thereof shall be
made a special assessment against the property concemed.
(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 chazge 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 a:°:°;�^ �F "�° a°�°-�'m°�' �° �..'�,:� ^�-'r� section of the office of financial services in
processing the collection of the abatement.
(c) Costs to be assessed. The city forester shall keep a record of the cost of abatements done under this
secrion and, on or before September 1 of each year, shall report to the real estate ��• �°��� �P*"° a°
ef-�ttkke�l�s section of the office of financial services all work done for which assessments are to be
made, stating and certifying the description of the lots and parcels involved and the amount chargeable to
each lot and parcel. The total costs of this abatement including the administrative costs incuned by the real
estate ��^�^;�- �r "-� a°�°�° �'' „..'-,:� -� ��,-� section of the office of financial services in processing
the abatement shall then be assessed against the affected real property in the manner provided for in
Chapter 14 of the City Charter and shall be collected in accordance with those applicable provisions
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
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contained in Chaptez 64 of the St. Paul Administrative Code; provided, however, that these assessments
shall be payable in not to exceed Yen (10) 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 removing diseased irees;
provided, however, that the private residential property is used exclusively for residential purposes only;
and provided furt.her, that the property has located thereon a dwelling or dwellings which are exclusiveiy
designed for and used as single or multidwelling buildings with families living independent of each other.
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90 That this ordinance shall take affect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage, approval and
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Approved by the Of£ice of Financial Services
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Adopted by Council: Date ����//�9 Approved by Mayor for Submiss on to Council
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Contact Person & Phone:
Marqaret Kelly
266-8796
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Doc. Type:ORDItJANCE
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Document ConWM: Chad Staul
Contact Phone: 266-8710
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An adminis4alive ordinance to amend Saint Paul Legislarive Code Chapter 175, Dutch Elm Disease, to facilitate titie changes and
administraYive reorganizarion.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R):
Planning Commission
_ _ _ _ CIB Committee
Civil Service Commission
Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Following Questions:
'I. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has Ihis person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. �oes this personffirm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current city employee? �
Yes No
Ezplain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet.
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
ReflecYing the change in ozganiaation from Public Works to Office of Financial Services.
AdvanWges IPApproved:
Disadvantages If Approved:
Disadvantages if Not Approved:
Total Amount of
Transacfion:
Funding Source:
Financial Information:
(Explain)
CoStlRevenue Budgeted:
Activity Number,
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