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<br /> ENVIRONMENT § 53-2
<br /> ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 58-2. Maintenance.of drainage systems;
<br /> interference with drainage; per-
<br /> Sec. 58-1. Maintenance of private property. mit for drainage systems.
<br /> (a) It is the duty of the owner of every vacant (a) De�i�zitio�is. The followingwords,terms and
<br /> property and the owner and occupant of every phrases,�vhen used in this section,shall have the
<br /> occupied property to maintain the property in a meanings ascribed to them in this subsection,
<br /> neat, clean and presentable manner free of any escept where the context clearly indicates a dif-
<br /> junk, debris, refuse, litter, dead trees, or noxious ferent meaning: .
<br /> weeds, and to remove all other public health or
<br /> safety hazards from the property. Private drainage syste�n means any storm sewer,
<br /> (b j The owner or occupant of every lot or parcel �tch, tile line, or other facility, together with all
<br /> shall regularly cut or otherwise maintain all appurtenances,constructed by a private person or
<br /> grass and weeds on the property at a height of not existing on private property, for the purpose of
<br /> more than six inches, except this provision shall collecting or conveying natural precipitation.
<br /> not apply to the following: Public drdi�iage system means any storm sewer,
<br /> (1) Publicly owned paxks, trails or nature ditch, tile line, �r other facility, together with all
<br /> areas. appurtenances, constructed by the city from pub-
<br /> (2) Property actively being farmed or used for lic funds, whether or not the cost was specially
<br /> agricultural purposes ur conformance with assessed, or maintained by the city from public
<br /> chapter 78. funds, for the purpose of collecting or conveying
<br /> natural precipitation.
<br /> (3) Residential properties in escess of one
<br /> acre gross lot size when located in the (b) Maintenance. It is the responsibility of the
<br /> RR-1A, RR-1B, LR-lA and RS rural resi- owner of any private drainage system, or the
<br /> dential zoning districts,provided that such owner of the land upon which it is constructed,to
<br /> properties or portions of properties shall rnaintain such system in good and workable con-
<br /> be maintained in conformance with this dition and not to alter its capacity, inlet location
<br /> subsection upon notice from the city that or discharge location without a permit from the
<br /> lack of such maintenance has caused com- city.
<br /> plaints from abutting property owners (c) Obstrtictiorzs. It is a misdemeanor for any
<br /> and is thereby creating a public nuisance. person to obstruct or place any'obstruction in or
<br /> (4) Wetlands vegetation as defined in chapter upon any public or private drainage system. .
<br /> 78. '
<br /> (5) Grass, weeds or underbrush on any slope �d) Co�ztract reqtcired. It is a misdemeanor for
<br /> in excess of 100 percent (45 degrees). any person to construct, reconstruct, or in any
<br /> way alter or e:ctend any public or private drainage
<br /> (c) Any violation of this section is declared to system unless such person is within the scope of a
<br /> be a nuisance and a public safety and welfare contract with the city or has a written permit
<br /> hazard, and upon seven days' written notice to from the city.
<br /> the owner, as showi�b�the r�cords of the office of �e) Increase of uolume, uelocity. It is a misde-
<br /> the county auditor, of private premises on which
<br /> such material is found or any conditions in viola- nieanor for any person to increase the volume or
<br /> tion of this code section exist,the city may remove velocity of surface water runoff leaving his pron-
<br /> sueh matter or correct any conditions in violation, erty, or to channel any surface water runoff so
<br /> and certify the cost of such removals or correc- that it is redirected outside of the normal,natural
<br /> iions as any other special assessment, watercourse as such surface water is discharged
<br /> (�ode 195�, 5 9.5�; 0�'d• �?o, i gl 2nd se�•ie�. � 1, from private property on to public streets, public
<br /> 5-14-1999) property, or on to neighboring private pi�opert,y,
<br /> State lacv reference—�'Iin�iesota �i�xious �Vezd La�,�. without a permit from tlle city.
<br /> Z�Iinn. Stat. § 1S.73 et sea. I.Code 19S4, y 9.041
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