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5/18/23, 9:12 AM <br />Letter View <br />ten days before the date of the hearing, notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the peti�ioner or appellant, be <br />published in the official newspaper, and be mailed to each owner of property situated wholly or partly within 350 <br />feet of the property to which the variance or appeal relates. Failure of a property owner to receive notice shall not <br />invalidate the hearing or proceeding. <br />Sec. 30-637. - Decisions. <br />Within 30 days after the hearing, the boaYd of adjustments shall make a decision on the matter, which shall be <br />transmitted to the appellant or petitioner by mail. The board shall act to approve, deny or approve with conditions <br />the appeal or request for a variance. Decisions of the board to approve or approve with conditions an appeal or <br />request for a variance shall be final unless appealed to the city council, and shall be effective on the 11th day <br />following the decision by the board unless an appeal to the city council is filed. Decisions of the board to deny an <br />appeal or a variance shall not be final and shall be reviewed by the city council in the same manner as an appeal of a <br />decision by the board. <br />Sec. 30-638. - Appeals from decisions of board <br />(a) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board of adjustments on an appeal or a variance, including any city <br />official or employee, may appeal that decision to the ciry council. Appeals must be in writing and filed with the city <br />planning department within ten calendar days of the board's decision. <br />(b) The ciry council shall hear appeals from decisions of the board within 30 days of the filing of the appeal, unless <br />that period is extended with the consent of the person who appealed to the city council and the person who <br />applied to the board, and both of whom shall receive written notice of the date and time when the city council will <br />hear the appeal. The city council may reverse, affirm or modify; wholly or partly, the decision of the board, and <br />shall have all the powers of the board in acting on appeals. <br />Nuisances and Abatement by the City <br />Chapter 46 of the Elk River Code of Ordinances addresses nuisances. If the attached notice contains violations <br />pertaining to Chapter 46, notice is hereby given that the city may, at its discretion, abate the nuisance as outline in <br />Sec. 46-38: <br />(a) Upon discovering a public nuisance under the provisions of this arricle the city administrator or designee sha11 <br />serve a notice upon the owner of the property upon which the nuisance exists. Such notice shall be given by <br />certified mail at the last known address as shown on the property tax records of the county. Such notice shall advise <br />that a nuisance exists and require the property owner to abate the nuisance within a reasonable time, as established <br />by the city administrator or designee and stated in the notice. Such time shall not be less than 14 days. Such notice <br />shall also advise the propertyl owner of the right to request a hearing before the city administrator or designee to <br />contest the contents of the notice. <br />(b) If requested by the person upon whom the notice is served under subsection (a) of this section, a hearing <br />before the city administrator or designee shall be held at which the person may contest the contents of the notice. <br />The request for such a hearing must be made within five days after receipt of the notice provided for in subsection <br />(a) of this section. After such hearing the city administrator or designee may affirm the notice, modify the notice or <br />quash the notice. <br />(c) If the property owner does not abate the nuisance as required by the notice provided for in subsection (a) of <br />this section and has not requested a hearing before the ciry administrator or designee under subsection (b) of this <br />section, authorized agents of the city shall abate the nuisance. The cost of such abatement shall be collected as a <br />special assessment against the property upon which the nuisance was located. <br />(d) If the property owner requests a hearing before the city administrator or designee under subsection (b) of this <br />section, no abatement actions shall be taken until the hearing is held. If after the hearing the city administrator or <br />designee affirms or modifies the notice and the nuisance is not abated as provided in the notice as affirmed or <br />modified, authorized agents of the city shall abate the nuisance. The cost of such abatement shall be collected as a <br />special assessment against the property upon which the nuisance was located. <br />(e) Nothing in this section prevents abatement by the city of a public nuisance without notice and hearing in the <br />case of an emergency in which there is an immediate and direct threat to the public health or safery. 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