[R.O. 2008 §220.030; Code 1968 §18-10; CC 1988
§20-3]
All overhead gutters, whether made of tin or wood, that conduct the water from any building and cause the water to pour over into any public thoroughfare within this City are hereby declared to be a nuisance. Each person who shall allow such gutters to remain on his/her premises and lead from his/her premises into a public thoroughfare and who does not change the gutter so that such gutter shall conduct the water to the ground before it leads from the building shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in Section
100.170. Every three (3) days for which such gutters shall remain in violation of this Section shall constitute a new and separate offense and subject the offender to the same penalty as provided in Section
100.170.
[R.O. 2008 §220.020; CC 1988 §20-26; Ord. No. 04-2007 §II, 5-14-2007]
It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to enforce
the provisions of this Article.
[R.O. 2008 §220.140; Code 1968 §18-14; CC 1988
§20-27; Ord. No. 6479A, 7-8-1996; Ord. No. 04-2007 §II, 5-14-2007]
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant having control
of any occupied or unoccupied lot or parcel of land within the City
to permit any such growth of weeds or any other rank vegetation on
any such lot or along the sidewalk or street adjacent to the lot between
the property line and the center of the street. All vegetation shall
meet the standards as set out in the last adopted edition of the International
Property Maintenance Code. Grass or other vegetation in excess of
eight (8) inches is declared a nuisance. Agricultural crops shall
not be subject to the provisions of this Section. Property owners
are required to maintain a minimum clearance of all trees, bushes
and like vegetation to a height of eight (8) feet or greater over
all sidewalks and walkways and to a height of fourteen (14) feet or
greater over roadways, alleyways and shoulders.
[R.O. 2008 §220.150; CC 1988 §20-28; Ord. No. 6480A, 7-8-1996; Ord. No. 04-2007 §II, 5-14-2007; Ord. No. 15-2017, 7-24-2017]
A. Whenever weeds, rank vegetation, bushes or trees are permitted to grow or remain in excess of the standards set out by this Code or in an unsightly or unhealthy manner upon any lot in the City in violation of Section
220.030 of this Article, the owner of such lot shall be liable.
B. The
duly appointed official shall give notice to the owner, owners or
his/her/their agents by the method set out in the last adopted edition
of the International Property Maintenance Code.
C. Subsequent
Violations. If weeds, grass or deleterious, unhealthful growths or
other noxious matters are permitted to grow or accumulate on private
property in violation of this Article more than one (1) time during
the same growing, a notice of violation was delivered to the owner,
lessee, occupant or other person at their last known address for any
such prior violation during the same growth season, then the Code
Enforcement Officer or his/her designee may, without further notification
to such owner, lessee, occupant or other person in control of such
property, remove such weeds, grass or deleterious, unhealthful growths
or other noxious matters growing, lying or located upon the property
or upon the sidewalk abutting same without further notification to
such owner, lessee, occupant or other person in control of such property
and remove such weeds, grass or deleterious or unhealthful growths
or other noxious matters and may collect the costs of such removal
in the manner set forth in this Article.
[R.O. 2008 §220.160; CC 1988 §20-29; Ord. No. 6481A, 7-8-1996; Ord. No. 04-2007 §II, 5-14-2007; Ord. No. 22-2016 § 1, 6-20-2016]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to have the vegetation brought into compliance as prescribed by Section
220.030 of the Code of the City.
B. In the event the vegetation is not brought into compliance within
the time period prescribed by the duly appointed official or after
an appeal hearing at which the official's decision was upheld,
the Code Enforcement Officer may declare the vegetation to be a nuisance
and order the nuisance to be abated.
C. If vegetation is not cut down and removed within the five-day period
or after such hearing, the Code Enforcement Officer shall have it
cut down and removed and shall certify the cost of cut-down and removal
to the City Clerk who shall cause a special tax bill to be prepared
against the property for the cost of such removal.
D. Each special tax bill shall be issued by the City Clerk and delivered
to the City Collector at any time during the calendar year. The Collector
shall collect such tax bill along with other taxes assessed against
the property.
E. 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 in the tax bill and of its validity, and no mere clerical
error or informality in the tax bill or in the proceedings leading
up to the issuance shall be a defense.
F. Such tax bill if not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate
of eight percent (8%) per annum.
[R.O. 2008 §220.170; CC 1988 §20-30; Ord. No. 6482A, 7-8-1996; Ord. No. 04-2007 §II, 5-14-2007]
In addition to the remedial provisions set forth in Section
220.040 of this Article in order to protect, promote and preserve the public health and safety, it is hereby declared that any person owning any lot within the City and permitting or suffering a growth of weeds, grass or other rank vegetation on such lot in violation of these ordinances shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in Section
100.170 of this Code.