City of Silver Lake - Notice

City of Silver Lake
ORDINANCE 88: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CH. 10, SECTION 5, SUBDIVISION 3 REGARDING REGULATION AND CONTROL OF GROWTH OF WEEDS, GRASS, BRUSH AND OTHER RANK, POISONOUS OR HARMFUL VEGETATION
The City Council of the City of Silver Lake, Minnesota does hereby ordain:
Section 1. Chapter 10, Section 5, Subd. 3 shall be amended as follows:
Subd 3. When City to do Work.
If the provisions of the foregoing subdivisions are not complied with, the City Weed Inspector shall make service either in person or by certified mail written notice upon the named owner, lessee or occupant or any person having the care or control of an such lot or land to comply with the provisions of this chapter. If the person named upon the notice fails, neglects or refuses to cut and remove or to cause to be cut and removed such weeds, grass, brush or other vegetation with five (5) days after receipt of such notice, or if no person can be found in the city of Silver Lake who either represents or claims to represent such owner, the City Weed Inspector shall cause such weeds, grass, brush and other vegetation on such lot or land to be cut and removed and the actual cost of such cutting and removal and other additional costs in connection therewith, shall thereupon become and be a lien upon the property on which such weeds, grass, brush and other vegetation were located.
If not paid, the City Clerk/Treasurer 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 City.
Section 2. This Ordinance is effective after publication.
Adopted by the City Council of Silver Lake, Minnesota on this 18th day of December, 2017.
Bruce Bebo, Mayor
Jon Jerabek, Clerk/Treasurer
(Published in The McLeod County Chronicle January 3, 2018)