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. . . (1) Promptly notify the city environmental administrator, child protection, and the county public health department. Notice should also be given to the county sheriff's department and the appropriate division of the drug enforcement administration of the U.S. Justice Department of the location of the site, and the owner if known, of the conditions found; Notice shall include sufficient information to inform the recipients of the following: a. Property location- street address, and other identifiers. b. Identity of owner and all occupants- ifknown. c. Chemicals found- if known. (2) Arrange to treat, store, transport or dispose of all household hazardous waste found at the site in a manner consistent with state department of health, Minnesota Pollution Control and county health department rules and regulations; (3) Issue a temporary declaration of public health nuisance for the affected site and post a copy of the declaration on all doorway entrances to the site or, in the case of bare land, post the declaration in several conspicuous places on the property. This temporary declaration of public health nuisance issued by law enforcement shall expire after the city environmental administrator inspects the site and determines the appropriateness of issuing a permanent declaration of public health nmsance; (4) Notify all persons occupying the site that a temporary declaration of public health nuisance has been issued; (5) Require all persons occupying the site to immediately vacate the site, remove all pets from the site, and not return without written authorization from the city environmental administrator; (6) Notify all occupants vacating the site that all personal property at the site may be contaminated with dangerous chemical residue; and (7) Take appropriate measures to prohibit people from entering the site without authorization after all occupants of the site have vacated. The obligation to promptly notify the persons and organizations mentioned above may be delayed to accomplish appropriate law enforcement objectives, but only to the extent that public health and child protection responsibilities are not unnecessarily compromised. Sec. 26-95. Seizure of property. When the clandestine drug lab site or chemical dump site is inside a vehicle, boat, trailer or other form of moveable personal property, law enforcement authorities shall immediately seize it and not allow it to be transported except to a more secure location. In such circumstances, all other requirements of this article shall be followed as closely as possible given the specific type of property in which the site is discovered. 3 obr05