[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Chittenango 6-20-1989
by L.L. No. 2-1989. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupant having control
of any occupied or unoccupied lot or land or any part thereof in the Village
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
or the middle of the alley, or for 10 feet outside the property line if there
is no curb, any growth of weeds, grass or brush or other vegetation to a greater
height than 10 inches in average.
[Amended 9-26-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
If the foregoing provision is not complied with, the Village Clerk shall
give notice by first-class mail to the owner and/or occupant of the premises.
Such notice shall state that the grass, weeds, brush or other vegetation on
the premises has reached a height greater than 10 inches in average. Such
notice shall further advise that if the owner and/or occupant of the premises
does not comply with the provisions of this chapter within seven days of mailing
said notice, the Village will cause such weeds, grass, brush or other vegetation
on such premises to be cut and removed. The first such notice mailed to the
owner and/or occupant of a premises within a calendar year shall be without
charge. The second such notice within a calendar year shall result in an administrative
charge to the owner and/or occupant of $25, together with such other costs
reasonably incurred in connection therewith; the third such notice and every
subsequent notice within a calendar year shall result in an administrative
fee of $50. Such notice shall further advise that owner and/or occupant of
the premises that the actual cost of cutting and removing the weeds, grass,
brush or other vegetation, plus administrative fees, must be paid to the Village
Clerk, along with any other reasonable costs incurred in connection therewith.
[Added 9-26-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006[1]]
In the event that the Village is required to cut and remove the weeds,
grass, brush or other vegetation due to the failure of the owner, occupant
or lessees to complete the same within seven days of notice sent to said owner
and/or occupant, an administrative fee of $25 shall be assessed to the premises,
to cover the cost associated with supervision and inspection of the cutting
and removal of weeds, grass, brush and other vegetation to bring the premises
into compliance. The costs incurred in cutting and removal, plus all administrative
fees, shall be certified by the Code Enforcement Officer to the Village Clerk
and, if such are not paid immediately by the owner, occupant or lessee of
the premises, shall thereupon become a lien upon such property and shall be
added to and become part of the taxes to be assessed and levied upon such
premises and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected
and enforced in the same manner and by the same tax collector.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable for each offense by a fine of
not more than $250.
