[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Orchard Park 12-3-1979 by L.L. No. 19-1979 (Ch. 65, Art. II,
§ 65.27, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No owner or occupant of any real property located
within the Village of Orchard Park shall allow such real property
to become overgrown with brush, grass or weeds, or to allow the unlawful
accumulation on such property of rubbish or trash.
[Amended 3-22-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010; 7-10-2023 by L.L. No. 13-2023]
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any real property
located within the Village of Orchard Park to cut, trim, remove or
cause to be cut, trimmed or removed from said lot, plot or property,
or any portion thereof, all brush thereon, so the general height is
no greater than six inches during the months of May through October
of each year and to remove from such real property any accumulation
of rubbish or trash thereon.
[Amended 3-22-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010; 6-26-2023 by L.L. No. 10-2023]
In case the owner or occupant of real property located within the Village of Orchard Park shall fail to comply with §§ 169-1 and 169-2 of this chapter, the Village Code Enforcement Officer, upon direction of the Board of Trustees, shall cause to be served upon such owner or occupant, by mail, a written notice requiring such owner or occupant to comply with the provisions of this chapter. If such owner or occupant fails, neglects or refuses to so comply within five days after service of such notice, the Director of Public Works shall cause the cutting and/or removal of the brush, grass, weeds or rubbish and trash. In any such case, the owner or occupant of such real property shall pay to the Village all costs in connection with such cutting and/or removal, together with a service charge of 50% thereof to cover supervision and administration, within 30 days after completion thereof. Upon failure of such owner or occupant to pay such costs, the Director of Public Works shall report same to the Board of Trustees, who shall certify such costs to the Erie County Department of Real Property Tax, and thereupon such costs shall become a lien upon the real property involved and shall be added to and become a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such real property and shall bear interest at the same rate as and be collected and enforced in the same manner as taxes.
