2006-974CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-974
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 820, MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR OF WALKS, APRONS AND VEGETATION, AS DESCRIBED
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Hopkins City Code
Section 820 - Maintenance and Repair of Walks, Aprons and Vegetation
820.01. Definitions.
Subd. 1. "Current Service". The term means the removal from
sidewalks accumulation of snow, ice, dirt and rubbish; cut or eliminate weed
growth, grass or other rank vegetation.
Subd. 2. Driveway Apron. The term means a driveway area providing
access to the property of an owner or occupant extending from a public street
to the boundary of the property of said owner or occupant. (Amended ord. 98-
810)
Subd. 3. "Central Business District". For the purposes of this City
Code section, this term means the properties abutting Mainstreet from the
Park Lane intersection to 17th Avenue and the properties abutting 8th through
12th Avenues between 1St Street South and 1st Street North. (Amended Ord. 06-
974)
820.03. Walks And Weeds. The owner or occupant of property adjacent to a
public sidewalk, carriage walk, or driveway apron, shall maintain such areas
in a clean and safe condition for pedestrians at ,all times and shall not
allow snow, ice, dirt or rubbish to remain thereon longer than 12 hours after
its deposit. Said owner or occupant shall further cut or remove weeds, grass
or other rank vegetation growth of an average height greater than ten inches
as defined in Minnesota Statute Section 18.171, Subd. 5.
820.05. Public Nuisance. Failure of the owner and occupant to comply with
the requirements of Section 820.03 by allowing such accumulations or growth
shall be deemed to be a public nuisance.
820.07. Notice. Whenever the owner or occupant permits the continuance
of a public nuisance as defined in Section 820.05, the City shall serve
notice upon said owner or occupant by registered mail or personal service
ordering such maintenance or removal within 48 hours following receipt of the
notice and further notice that noncompliance will be followed by such
maintenance or removal by the City at the expense of the owner or occupant
and if unpaid, shall be made a special assessment against the property
concerned as hereinafter provided. (Amended Ord.98-810)
820.08 Central Business District Notice, Whenever the owner or occupant
of a Central Business District property fails to remove snow/ice accumulation
from abutting sidewalks and therefore permits the continuance of a public
nuisance as defined in Section 820.05, the City shall serve notice upon said
owner or occupant by registered mail or personal service ordering such
maintenance or removal within 24 hours following receipt of the notice and
further notice that noncompliance will be followed by such maintenance or
removal by the City at the expense of the owner or occupant and if unpaid,
shall be made a special assessment against the property concerned as
hereinafter provided. (Amended Ord. 06-974)
820.09 Assessment. On or before September 1 of each year, the City shall
list the total of all unpaid charges for each type of current service against
each separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable under this
Section. The City may then spread the charges against the benefited property
as a special assessment pursuant to Minnesota Statute Section 429.101 and
other pertinent statutes for certification to the County Auditor and
collection for the following year with current real estate taxes due on said
lots or parcels.
820.11 The City shall repair or
aprons when, in the opinion of the
approval, such facilities are found to
danger to the health and safety of
assessed against benefited property
Minnesota Statute 429.
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Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance takes effect:
replace carriage walks and driveway
City Engineer and subject to Council
be in a state of disrepair and pose a
the Public. Costs incurred shall be
as a special assessment pursuant to
October 17, 2006
November 7, 2006
November 16, 2006
November 16, 2006
u ne J. Maxwell, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
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