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BILL NO. 2022-16
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 925
OF THE RICHFIELD CITY CODE
PERTAINING TO PUBLIC NUISANCES AND REFUSE
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Subsection 925.01, subdivision 2 of the Richfield City Code is
amended as follows:
Subd. 2. Public nuisances affecting health. The following are declared to be
nuisances affecting public health:
(a) Exposed accumulations of decayed or unwholesome food or vegetable
matter;
(b) Diseased animals running at large;
(c) Ponds or pools of stagnant water;
(d) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed within 24 hours after death;
(e)(d) Accumulations of manure or rubbish refuse that affect public health by
reason of appearance, odor, sanitation, or fire hazard, including
accumulations of solid waste, garbage, trash, rubbish, litter, organics or
organic materials, and yard waste; animal carcasses; combustible
material, such as wood, branches, brush; natural material, such as
gravel, stone, and soil; non-combustible material, such as glass, brick,
metal; waste debris resulting from construction, demolition, repair, or
alteration of structures or buildings; vehicles, vehicle parts, or tires; bulky
waste, such as appliances, furniture, and mattresses;
Composting of organics or organics materials pursuant to the Richfield
City Code, subsection 601.13 shall not be considered a public nuisance
pursuant to this sub-section;
(f)(e) Privy vaults and garbage cans which are not rodent free or flytight, or
which are so maintained as to constitute a health hazard, or to emit foul
and disagreeable odors;
(g)(f) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of
water by sewerage, creamery or industrial wastes, or other substances;
(h)(g) Poisonous plants including but not limited to poison ivy, poison oak, and
ragweed, plants detrimental to health; any growth of weeds, grass, brush
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or other rank vegetation to a greater height than six (6) inches on the
average; and accumulations of dead weeds, grass or brush;
(i)(h) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas or soot, or cinders in unreasonable
quantities;
(j)(i) Offensive trades and businesses as defined by statute not licensed by the
city board of health as provided by law;
(k)(j) Public exposure of persons having a contagious disease; and
(l)(k) Overcrowding a room or portion of a dwelling with long-term storage of
items, goods, or any material so as to prevent upkeep, maintenance, or
regular housekeeping. A room may be considered overcrowded when
storage covers an excessive amount of the floor area of a room,
constitutes a potential excessive fire load, prevents access to windows or
doors, prevents access to or obstructs mechanical systems or air
movement, effectively eliminates use and access to required electrical
devices, impedes access and movement of emergency personnel, blocks
hallways, limits the operation of doors or provides pest harborage.
Section 2. This ordinance will be effective in accordance with Section 3.09 of
the City Charter.
Adopted by the City of Richfield this 25th day of October, 2022.
Maria Regan Gonzalez, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kari Sinning, City Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OFHENNEPIN
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION CITY OF RICHFIELD
SUMMARY PUBLICATION
BILL NO. 2022-16
AN ORDINANGE
AMEND!NG SECTIONS
925 OF THE CITY CODE
This summary of the ordinance
is published pursuant to Section
3.12 of the Richfield City Charter.
This ordinance, which amends
City Code Sections 925 relating
to nuisances, does the following:
defines refuse within the Nuisance
code and addrBsses the accumula-
tion of refuse, allowing for enforce-
ment when necessary.
Copies of the ordinance are
available for public inspection in
the City Clerk's office during normal
business hours or upon tequest by
calling the Support Services Man-
ager at 61 2-861 -9881 .
Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Richfield, Minnesota this
25th day of October 2022.
Published in the
Sun Cunent
November 3, 2022
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Debbie Schwalba being duly sworn on an
oath, states or allirms that he/she is the
Publisher's Designated Agent of the newspa-
per(s) known as:
SC Bloomington Richfield
with the known ollice of issue being located
in the county of:
HENNEPIN
with additional circulation in the counties ot
HENNEPIN
and has full knowledge of the facts stated
below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of
the requirements constituting qualifica-
tion as a quatfied newspaper as provided
by Minn. Stat. $331A.02.
(B) This Public Notice was printed and pub-
lished in said newspaper(s) once each
week, for I successive week(s); the hrst
insertion being on 1110312022 and the last
insertion being on 1110312022.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICES
Pursuant to Minnesota Stat. $580.033
relating to the publication of mortgage
foreclosure notices: The newspaper complies
with the conditions described in $580.033,
subd. 1, clause (l) or (2). If the newspaper's
known offrce of issue is located in a county
adjoining the county where the mortgaged
premises or some part of the mortgaged
premises described in the notice are located,
a substantial portion of the newspaper's
circulation is in the latter county.
By:.$"\J*- \e\*'r\s-
Desipated Agent
Subscribed and sworn to or affrrmed before
me on I l/03/2022 by Debbie Schwalba.
Notary Public
Rate Information:
(l) Lowest classffied rate paid by commercial users
for comparable space:
$61.35 per column inch
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