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 twelve (12) 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 City Administrator or other official designated by the Mayor shall give a hearing after ten (10) 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 City Administrator or other official designated by the Mayor 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 City Administrator or other official designated by the Mayor 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 the certified cost to be included in a special tax bill or added to the annual real estate tax bill, at the collecting official's option, for the property and 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. If the certified cost is not paid, the tax bill shall be considered delinquent, and the collection of the delinquent bill shall be governed by the laws governing delinquent and back taxes. The tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be deemed a personal debt against the owner and shall also be a lien on the property until paid.
A. 
Any lot or land, including the area between the sidewalk and curb or street, shall be a public nuisance if it has the presence of debris of any kind, including, but not limited to, weed cuttings, cut and fallen or hazardous trees and shrubs, overgrown vegetation and noxious weeds which are twelve (12) inches or more in height, rubbish and trash, lumber not piled or stacked twelve (12) inches off the ground, rocks or bricks, tin, steel, parts of derelict cars or trucks, broken furniture, any flammable material which may endanger public safety or any material which is unhealthy or unsafe and declared to be a public nuisance.
B. 
When a public nuisance as described above exists, the City Administrator or other official designated by the Mayor shall provide for service to the owner of the property and, if the property is not owner-occupied, to any occupant of the property a written notice specifically describing each condition of the lot or land declared to be a public nuisance, and which notice shall identify what action will remedy the public nuisance. Unless a condition presents an immediate, specifically identified risk to the public health or safety, the notice shall provide a reasonable time, not less than ten (10) days, in which to abate or commence removal of each condition identified in the notice. Written notice may be given by personal service or by first-class mail to both the occupant of the property at the property address and the owner at the last known address of the owner, if not the same.
C. 
Upon a failure of the owner to pursue the removal or abatement of such nuisance without unnecessary delay, the City Administrator or other official designated by the Mayor may cause the condition which constitutes the nuisance to be removed or abated. If the City Administrator or other official designated by the Mayor causes such condition to be removed or abated, the cost of such removal or abatement and the proof of notice to the owner of the property shall be certified to the City Clerk or officer in charge of finance who shall cause the certified cost to be included in a special tax bill or added to the annual real estate tax bill, at the collecting official's option, for the property and 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. If the certified cost is not paid, the tax bill shall be considered delinquent, and the collection of the delinquent bill shall be governed by the laws governing delinquent and back taxes. The tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be deemed a personal debt against the owner and shall also be a lien on the property from the date the tax bill is delinquent until paid.
D. 
In cases involving overgrown vegetation and/or noxious weeds which are twelve (12) inches or more in height, and in all other cases, if the nuisance is present on the property ten (10) days after receipt of the notice by the property owner, the enforcement officer shall cause the same to be abated. The enforcement official shall certify the cost of any abatement(s) performed under this Section to the City Clerk or other officer in charge of finance who shall cause the certified cost to be included in a special tax or added to the annual real estate tax bill, at the collecting official's option, and the same shall be collected in the same manner and procedure as for collecting real estate taxes. Such costs may include a fee as determined by the City for the City's cost in administering this Section.
[R.O. 2013 §  215.050; R.O. 2005 § 15-5; Ord. No. 65.040; Ord. No. 65.060; Ord. No. 97-17 § 2]
Each person who shall neglect removing debris as directed in this Article, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of any notice herein provided, the penalty will be as set forth in Chapter 100, Article III, of this Code.