[Adopted 8-16-1971 by Ord. No. 662 as
Ch. 42, Art. II, of the 1971 Code]
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands
abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and gutters of public streets,
avenues and highways shall remove all grass, weeds and other impediments
therefrom within 10 days after notice to remove the same.
[Amended 8-15-1994 by Ord. No. 1058]
In cases where the owner or owners, tenant or
tenants shall have refused or neglected to remove the same in the
manner and within the time provided above, the grass, weeds and other
impediments shall be removed from any sidewalk or gutter of the offending
owner or owners, tenant or tenants under the direction of the Superintendent
of Public Works, who shall certify the cost thereof to the governing
body, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall
cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands abutting
or bordering such sidewalk or gutter. The amount so charged shall
forthwith become a lien upon such land and shall be added to and be
formed a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such
lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall
be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner
as taxes.
[Added 8-15-1994 by Ord. No. 1058]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article or who shall fail to comply with the requirements hereof
shall be subject to a maximum fine of $1,000, imprisonment for not
more than 90 days or a period of community service for not more than
90 days, or any combination thereof.
