As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes one or more natural persons, corporations, partnerships,
associations, joint-stock companies, societies and all other entities
of any kind.
It shall be unlawful for any person having control or ownership
of any type of tenancy of occupied or unoccupied land or any part
thereof in the Town of Ogden, New York, to permit or maintain on any
such land, street, sidewalk or alley adjacent to structures on the
premises and between any structures and the road fronting on the property
and on improved subdivision lots any growth of weeds, grass or other
rank vegetation to a greater height than 12 inches on the average
or any accumulation of dead weeds, grass or brush.
It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant, tenant or person in control of land or any portion thereof in the Town of Ogden, New York, to cut and remove or cause to be cut or removed from said property all weeds, grass or other rank, poisonous or noxious vegetation as often as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of §
110-2.
Within 15 days after the certified mailing of written notice
of a violation of this chapter, the Town Code Enforcement Officer
shall make an inspection and shall cause weeds, grass and other vegetation
on such lands or portion thereof to be cut and removed. The actual
cost of cutting and removal, plus a 20% fee for inspection and administrative
overhead therewith, shall be certified by the Town Code Enforcement
Officer to the Town Clerk and shall thereupon become and be a lien
upon the property on which said weeds, grass and other vegetation
were located and shall be added to and become and form a part of the
taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land and shall
bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and
enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as taxes levied
and assessed against such property.
Any such person who shall neglect to cut and remove weeds, grass
or other vegetation as directed in this chapter or who shall fail,
neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of any notice herein
provided or who shall resist or obstruct the removing of weeds, grass
and other vegetation shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to
a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $250, and each day on which
such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.