[Ord. No. 7318 §1, 10-13-2008]
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 six (6) inches,
it shall be deemed a public nuisance.
[Ord. No. 16-010 §1, 7-25-2016]
1. Exception: Section
220.130(A) shall not apply to those areas designated as Stormwater Best Management Practices, as defined and approved by the Webb City MS4 program. Those areas so designated and approved shall be subject to the regular maintenance schedules as set forth in the Best Management Practice’s guidelines. Failure to comply with said guidelines shall be deemed a public nuisance and all other provisions of Section
220.130 shall apply.
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 Code Enforcement Officer, or other City Official as designated in such ordinance, shall give a hearing after five (5) days' notice thereof, either personally or by United States mail, to the owner or owners or the owner's agents or by posting such notice on the premises; thereupon, the Code Enforcement Officer or other designated City Official may declare the weeds, high grass or other vegetation to be a nuisance and order the same to be abated within five (5) days. The Code Enforcement Officer or other City Official shall only be required to give notice of a hearing one (1) time during each calendar year for each property. Any property previously declared to be a nuisance due to weeds, high grass or other vegetation during the same calendar year that notice and right to hearing was provided to the owners or the owner's agent shall, without notice and hearing, be declared a nuisance under Section
220.130 and such nuisance shall be immediately abated by the City and the costs for such nuisance abatement shall be assessed against the property as set forth herein.
E. Disposition. In case the weeds, high grass or other vegetation
are not cut down and removed within the five (5) days, the Code Enforcement
Officer or other designated 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 (1st)
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 on
or before the first (1st) day of June of each year. Such tax bills
if not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent
(8%) per annum. At the collecting official's option, the certified
cost shall be collected by the City Collector or other official collecting
taxes in the same manner and procedure for collecting real estate
taxes.