[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town
of Brentwood as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 2-7-1972 as Sec. II of Ord. No. I of the Ordinances
of the Town of Brentwood; amended in its entirety 5-15-1972 (Ch. 87 of
the 1986 Code)]
[Amended 1-6-1986[1]]
It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or any agent in
charge of any land in the Town of Brentwood to remove from such land
any weeds, briars, brush and grass thereon of 12 inches or more in
height within seven days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, after
notice from the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Brentwood to
do so. Upon failure to comply with such notice, it shall be the duty
of the Mayor and Town Council to cause the removal; and the costs
of such removal shall be a lien upon and shall be assessed by said
Mayor and Town Council as a tax against the property on which the
above-mentioned conditions and situations are located. Said tax so
assessed shall bear interest at the rate and for the time as provided
for taxes on real estate and shall be carried on the regular tax rolls
of said Mayor and Town Council and be collected in the same manner
as other real and personal property taxes are collected.
Whenever there are, upon any unoccupied land within the Town
of Brentwood, any of the above-mentioned conditions and situations
and no person can be found in the Town of Brentwood who either is
or claims to be the owner thereof or who either represents or claims
to represent such owner as aforesaid, the Mayor and Town Council of
the Town of Brentwood shall give notice, by publication once a week
in one weekly newspaper published in Prince George's County, for four
consecutive publications, requiring the removal. Said notice shall
specify the land from which such conditions and situations are to
be removed, the character of the work to be done and the time allowed
for doing same.
If such conditions and situations are not removed within the
time so specified, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Town Council
to cause the removal; and the costs of such removal, including the
cost of advertising, shall be a lien upon and shall be assessed by
said Mayor and Town Council as a tax against the property on which
such conditions and situations are located. Said tax as assessed shall
bear interest at the rate and for the time as provided for taxes on
real estate and shall be carried on the regular tax rolls of said
Mayor and Town Council and be collected in the same manner as other
real and personal property taxes are collected.
