All owners or tenants of land lying within the limits of the city are hereby required to remove or cause to be removed from such lands and from abutting sidewalks and gutters any brush, grass, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious filth, growth, garbage and debris or other such impediments when notified as provided in §
68-3 below.
[Amended 4-15-1974 by Ord. No. 1-74; 9-5-1978 by Ord. No. 39-78]
All owners or tenants of land lying within the limits of the city wherein
or whereupon brush, hedges and other plant life are growing within 10 feet
of any sidewalk or roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways
are hereby required to keep the same cut and trimmed to a height of not more
than three feet.
[Added 4-15-1974 by Ord. No. 1-74]
A. Notices to effect the removal of substances enumerated in §
68-1 above and notices of violation of §
68-2 above shall be issued by the Superintendent of Public Works and signed by him and shall be served in the manner provided for the service of notices generally.
B. Such notices shall contain a brief statement of the removal
required to be effected or of the violation to be corrected and shall specify
a time period of not less than seven nor more than 14 days within which such
work shall be completed.
C. Such notices shall also bear the statement that if the
provisions of the notice are not complied with within the specified time period,
the necessary work will be performed at the direction of the city, and any
necessary costs pertaining thereto shall be assessed against the property.