Plymouth, MN Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

01, Subd. 1 declares a public nuisance any business or activity that is dangerous, hurtful, unwholesome, offensive or unhealthy to the neighborhood, and separately singles out a structure, or part of one, in a residential zoning district whose exterior is not completed within 180 days of the building permit's issuance, or within 30 days of a City notice for work that needed no permit; the Building Official can extend that 180-day clock for larger projects still actively under construction. Once the officer charged with enforcement determines a nuisance exists, Subd.

2 requires written notice to the owner and occupant, served in person, by certified or registered mail, or by posting if the owner cannot be found, ordering the nuisance abated within a period the notice sets, not to exceed 30 days. If the deadline passes unmet, the officer reports the failure to the Council, which may, after further notice and a hearing held at least ten days later (30 days if by posting), order the City to abate the nuisance itself. Subd. 3 makes the property owner personally liable for the City's abatement cost, including administrative costs, billed by the City Clerk.

Subd. 4 lets the City certify unpaid nuisance and blight-abatement charges to the County Auditor as a special assessment collected with property taxes, spread over up to ten annual installments under Minn. 101. Subd. 5 makes a violation a misdemeanor, with each ten days a prohibited condition continues counting as a separate offense.