[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council (now City Council) of the Town
(now City) of Glenarden 10-12-1976 as Sec.
13-8 of the 1976 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for the owner, tenant or occupant of any land to
permit weeds, brush, hedges, shrubbery or any tree or plant to grow upon any
private land within 25 feet of the intersection of any street to such a height
that it will interfere with the operator of any automobile approaching such
intersection from clearly seeing an automobile approaching upon the intersecting
street or to permit the same to overhang upon any street or sidewalk so as
to interfere with the free passage of any person on any of the streets or
sidewalks of the City or to permit weeds, grass and brush to grow in large
dense quantities at any place within the City to a height of more than 12
inches.
[Amended 5-11-1992 by Ord. No. O-4-92]
A.
Upon violation of any provision of this chapter, in addition
to the penalties provided in this Code, the Code Enforcement Officer shall
give notice, in writing, of such violation to the owner or one of the owners
of such land and notify such person that he or they are required to correct
such condition within 10 days from the date of the signing of such notice
and that, upon failure of the owner or owners to correct such condition within
such 10 days, the City will enter upon the land and cut the same and charge
the cost thereof to the owner of the land upon the tax records of the City
and collect the same in the same manner that taxes are collected. Such written
notice may be delivered personally to one of the owners by an official or
police of the City or be served by placing the same in the United States Mail,
with sufficient postage prepaid, addressed to the owner or one of the owners
of such land at his or their last known address, or, if the whereabouts of
the owner is not known, then such notice may be served by posting such notice
upon the land for the ten-day period.
B.
If the owner fails to correct such condition within the
ten-day period, then the Code Enforcement Officer shall cause the condition
to be corrected, and the Treasurer shall pay the cost thereof and charge the
same to the owner or owners on the tax records of the City and collect the
same as other taxes are collected, provided that if such owner shall protest,
in writing, against the notice to the Code Enforcement Officer within the
ten-day period, then such person shall be given a hearing before the Mayor
and Council at its next regular meeting, and in such case such notice shall
not be enforced until and unless the Mayor and Council shall decide that such
notice was proper and reasonable.
[Added 5-11-1992 by Ord. No. O-4-92;
amended 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. O-19-98]
Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be deemed a municipal
infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of $50 per violation payable
to the municipality by the person charged in the citation within 20 calendar
days of the summons.
