[Ord. No. 733 §1; Ord. No. 1173-15-10 §1, 11-19-2015]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupant, or any
agent, servant, representative or employee of any such owner, lessee,
or occupant having control of any occupied lot or land or any part
thereof in the City of Palmyra, Missouri, to permit or maintain on
any such lot or land, or on or along the sidewalk, street or alley
adjacent to the same between the property line and the curb, any growth
of weeds, grass, or poisonous or harmful vegetation to a greater height
than ten (10) inches on the average, or any accumulation of dead weeds,
grass or brush, and it shall also be unlawful for any such person
or persons to cause, suffer or allow poison ivy, ragweed or other
poisonous plants, or plants detrimental to health to grow on any such
lot or land in such manner that any part of such ivy, ragweed or other
poisonous or harmful weed shall extend upon, overhang or border any
public place or allow seed, pollen or other poisonous particles or
emanations therefrom to be carried through the air into any public
place, and the growth of such weeds, grass and poisonous or harmful
vegetation of a height of more than ten (10) inches is hereby declared
to be a nuisance.
[Ord. No. 733 §2]
It shall be the duty of any owner, lessee or occupant of any lot or land to cut and remove or cause to be cut and removed all such weeds, grass, poisonous or harmful vegetation as often as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 210.010.
[Ord. No. 733 §3; Ord. No. 868 §1; Ord.
No. 1173-15-10 §2, 11-19-2015]
If the provisions of the foregoing Sections are not complied
with, the Building Inspector, or other official designated by the
Mayor, shall give a hearing after ten (10) days notice thereof, either
personally or by United States mail to the owner or owners, or his
or their agents, or by posting such notice on the premises. Following
the hearing, the Building Inspector or other designated official may
declare the weeds to be a nuisance and order the same to be abated
within five (5) days. In the event that the weeds are not cut down
and removed within five (5) days, the Building Inspector or other
designated official shall have the weeds cut down and removed and
shall certify the cost of same to the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall
cause a special tax bill therefor against the property to be prepared
and to be collected by the Collector, with other taxes assessed against
the property. The tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be
a first lien on the property until paid and shall be prima facie evidence
of the recitals therein and of its validity and no more clerical error
or informality in the same, or in the proceedings leading up to the
issuance, shall be a defense thereto. Each special tax bill shall
be issued by the City Clerk and delivered to the Collector on or before
the first day of August of each year. Such bills if not paid when
due shall bear interest of eight percent (8%) per annum.
[Ord. No. 1173-15-10 §3, 11-19-2015]
If weeds, grass, or poisonous or harmful vegetation is allowed to accumulate on the same property in violation of this Chapter more than once during the same growing season, the Building Inspector, or other official designated by the Mayor may, without further notification, have the same removed, and the removal cost shall be billed in the manner described in Section 210.030.
[Ord. No. 733 §4; Ord. No. 868 §1]
Any person who shall neglect to cut and remove weeds, grass
or other vegetation as directed in this Chapter, or who shall fail,
neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of any notice herein
provided, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter
or who shall resist or obstruct the Chief of Police or other representative
of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, in the cutting and removal of weeds,
grass and other vegetation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject
to a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00), and each day on which such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 733 §5]
From March 1 to November 1 of the same calendar year.
[Ord. No. 1173-15-10 §4, 11-19-2015]
Shall mean and include one (1) or more persons of either
sex, natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations, joint
stock companies, societies and all other entities of any kind capable
of being sued.
[Ord. No. 1188-17-01, 7-20-2017]
A.
A person owning, occupying or managing property within the City of one (1) acre, or more, irregardless of the zoning classification for said property, may bale hay or grass on said property and not be in violation of the ten-inch height restriction set forth in Section 210.010, if said person complies with this Section 210.055.
B.
Such person must obtain a permit from City hall annually and the hay or grass must be baled by July 15 of each year. If the hay or grass is not baled by July 15, then the ten-inch height restriction in Section 210.010 applies to such property, and the person will be in violation thereof. Provided further, that said person shall not be eligible for a permit the following year.
