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 Minneapolis
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 15. OFFENSES—MISCELLANEOUS
 Chapter 401. ABANDONED PROPERTY

  § 401.60. Removal from private premises.  

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  • (a) Whenever an enforcement officer shall find an article or articles of abandoned property on private premises within the city in violation of this chapter, he shall cause a notice to be placed upon such article in substantially the following form:

    "NOTICE TO THE OWNER AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ATTACHED PROPERTY: This property, to wit: (setting forth a brief description) located at (setting forth a brief description of location), is improperly stored and is in violation of Chapter 401 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, and must be removed within ten (10) days from date of this notice; otherwise, it shall be presumed to be abandoned property and will be removed and destroyed by order of the City of Minneapolis. Dated this: (setting forth date of posting of notice). Signed: (setting forth name, title, address and telephone number of enforcement officer)."

    (b)

    Such notice shall be not less than eight (8) inches by ten (10) inches and shall be sufficiently weatherproof to withstand normal exposure to the elements. In addition to posting, the enforcement officer shall mail a copy of the notice to the owner of the real property upon which the abandoned article or articles are located, as shown by the real estate tax records on or before the date of posting of such notice.

    (c)

    If at the end of ten (10) days after posting such notice, the owner or any person interested in the abandoned article or articles described in such notice has not removed the article or articles and complied with the regulations cited in the notice, or shown reasonable cause for failure to do so, or the article or articles have been removed to another location within the city, including any public premises, where storage of such article or articles is prohibited by Section 401.40 of this chapter, the enforcement officer may cause the article or articles of abandoned property to be removed, destroyed and disposed of.

    (d)

    For the purposes of this section, "owner of real property" shall mean the person who is the last owner of record or the fee owner or the contract purchaser or the agent of the aforementioned person. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 947.060; Ord. of 1-26-73, § 1; Ord. of 5-25-73, § 2; Ord. of 2-22-74, § 1; 81-Or-189, § 1, 7-17-81)