[Ord. No. 348 §§1
— 2, 5-19-1992; Ord. No. 451 §1, 1-16-2001; Ord. No. 665 §§1 — 8, 5-19-2015]
A. Failure To Keep Weeds, High Grass And Other Vegetation Cut
And Removed, A Nuisance. All persons owning or occupying
any lot or tract of land in the City shall keep the weeds, high grass
and other vegetation growing on such property cut and removed. Whenever
such weeds, high grass or other vegetation shall attain the height
of seven (7) inches, it shall be deemed a public nuisance.
B. Unlawful To Maintain Such Nuisance. It shall be unlawful for any person to create or maintain a nuisance as defined in Subsection
(A).
C. Liability. Whenever weeds, high grass or other vegetation in violation of Subsection
(A) of this Section are allowed to grow on any part of any lot or ground within the City, the owner of the ground or, in case of joint tenancy, tenancy by entireties or tenancy in common, each owner thereof shall be liable.
D. Notice. The Building Commissioner or other City
Official shall give a hearing after seven (7) days' notice thereof
either personally or by United States mail to the owner or owners,
or his/her or their agents, or by posting such notice on the premises;
thereupon, the Sanitation Commissioner may declare the weeds, high
grass or other vegetation to be a nuisance and order the same to be
abated within five (5) days.
E. Disposition. In case the weeds, high grass or other
vegetation are not cut down and removed within the five (5) days,
the Building Commissioner or other City Official shall have the weeds,
high grass or other vegetation cut down and removed and shall certify
the costs of same to the City Clerk.
F. Tax Bill. 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, and
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 mere 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. Such tax bills if not paid
when due shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per
annum.
G. Subsequent Violations. If weeds, high grass or other vegetation, including noxious growths, are permitted to grow on the same property in violation of this Section more than once during the same growing season, the designated official on behalf of the City of Greendale may, without further notification, have the weeds removed, and the cost of the same shall be billed in the manner described in Subsection
(F) of this Section. The provisions of Subsection
(F) and this Subsection do not apply to lands owned by a public utility and lands, rights-of-way and easements appurtenant or incidental to land controlled by any railroad.
[Ord. No. 83 §§I
— VI, 11-18-1954]
A. Nuisance Defined. Every act or thing done, made, permitted,
allowed or continued on any property, public or private, by any person,
firm, association or corporation to the damage or injury of any of
the inhabitants of this City or such as to endanger the public health,
peace and safety shall be deemed a nuisance.
B. Dead Or Decayed Trees Constituting A Nuisance. Dead or decayed
trees allowed, continued or permitted to stand upon any lot or parcel
of real estate within the City are hereby declared a nuisance.
C. Dead Or Decayed Trees Prohibited. Any owner or occupant,
or any agent, representative or employee of any such owner or occupant,
having control of any lot of ground or any part of any lot or parcel
of real estate within the City who shall allow, maintain or permit
to stand on such lot or parcel of real estate, or who, after notice
from the City to abate or remove, refuses or fails within a reasonable
time to abate or remove any dead or decayed trees shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor.
D. Removal Of Dead Or Decayed Trees. Whenever any owner or
occupant, or any agent, representative or employee of any such owner
or occupant, having control of any lot of ground or any part of any
lot or parcel of real estate within the City fails or refuses within
a reasonable time after receiving notice from the City to abate or
remove any dead or decayed trees, then the City is hereby authorized
and empowered to enter upon such lot or parcel of real estate to abate
and remove such trees and use any suitable means or assistance for
that purpose.
E. Authority Of City To Contract And Charge Owner — Special Tax
Bill And Lien. The City, in its authority to abate such nuisance
and to remove such trees, is hereby authorized to let a contract for
such work and to directly charge the owner or occupant the cost or
expense incurred in abating the nuisance; or the City shall cause
a special tax bill for the cost to the City of abating the nuisance
to be prepared and assessed against the property on which the nuisance
was located and this special tax bill shall be collected like other
taxes and be a first (1st) lien on the property until paid.
F. Right Of Entry On Premises To Abate Nuisance — Misdemeanor
To Interfere With Such Entry. Any person employed or contracted
with for the abatement of a nuisance as provided for in this Section
and any agent or employee of such person shall have the right of entry
for that purpose into and upon any premises. Any interference with
such entry or entry by any Police Officer for the purpose of inspection
or the discovery or abatement of such nuisance shall constitute a
misdemeanor.