[Ord. No. 295 §§1 — 4, 10-6-1970]
A.
Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land within the City of Moline Acres shall cause said lot or land to be free from shrubbery and bushes and other obstructions which are greater than thirty (30) inches in height from the ground level and which adjoin or abut the sidewalk and/or street and which are located within ten (10) feet of a street curb line. Further, no excessive overhanging growths, including but not limited to those from trees, shall not be allowed within the City of Moline Acres. "Excessive overhanging growths" shall be defined as those growths which extend to a point within nine (9) feet of the ground surface and which are located within ten (10) feet of a street curb line.
B.
When the Traffic Commission and Director of Public Safety of the City of Moline Acres ascertains that shrubbery and/or bushes, and/or other obstructions, and/or overhang has (have) exceeded the prescribed limitations as set forth in Subsection (A), then said Traffic Commission and Director of Public Safety, in their discretion and in consideration of the danger to the public safety, cause notice to be directed to the owner or person in control of such lot or land that said shrubbery, and/or bushes, and/or other obstructions, and/or overhang, must be limited to thirty (30) inches in height from the ground level, or to a minimum height of nine (9) feet from the ground surface, whichever the case may be, and that work on such limitation in height must be begun within seven (7) days after such notice is served. The notice to the owner or other such person in control of such lot or land shall be served in any of the following ways:
1.
By causing said notice to be delivered to such owner, occupant or other person in control either in the City of Moline Acres or elsewhere.
2.
By posting a copy of such notice upon the lot or land in question, said notice to be deemed served at the end of twenty-four (24) hours after posting thereof.
3.
Sending by registered mail, return receipt requested, such notice or a copy thereof in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, directed to such owner or other person in control of said land, either at his/her place of business or residence address in this City or elsewhere, said notice to be deemed served forty-eight (48) hours after the mailing of said notice in case it is directed to the business or residence address of the owner or other person in control of said land in this City, provided that if said owner or owners or other persons in control of said land be non-residents of the City and have no business addresses or offices in the City, then the said notice shall be deemed served at the end of such period, after the mailing thereof, as in the ordinary course of transmission of the mail by the United States Government would be required.
C.
If the owner or other person in control of any lot or land mentioned in Subsection (B) fails to comply with such notice, then the Traffic Commission and Public Safety Officer of the City of Moline Acres, or their duly authorized agent, shall cause the amount of excess shrub, and/or bush, and/or other obstruction, and/or overhang to be removed. Said Traffic Commission and Public Safety Officer may enter upon the property, on which violating conditions exist, for the purpose of limiting said conditions as described in Subsection (A). Any suitable means or systems for the purpose of limiting the said violating conditions may be used either by employees of the City of Moline Acres or by private persons, firms or corporations hired by the City of Moline Acres to do the same.
D.
The Treasurer of the City of Moline Acres, upon receipt of certificate of the cost of the work done by the Traffic Commission or his/her agent or by private contractor, shall make out bills for such work against the owner or owners or other persons in control of said land and the charge shall be a lien against the property on which said work has been done. The City Attorney may take action as may be necessary for the collection of such bills and the enforcement of such liens attached to the property as provided above. The amount of such bills when collected shall be credited to the general revenue of the City of Moline Acres.