[1972 Code § 6-4.1; amended 3-13-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-20]
It shall be the duty of any owner or tenant or person in possession of any lands in the City:
a.
To keep such lands free of grass, brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and/or other debris, where the same are inimical to the preservation of public health, safety or general welfare of the City, or which may constitute a fire hazard.
b.
Where the lands abut or border upon a public street in the City, to remove all grass, brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and/or other debris from that part of the street bordering on their respective lands.
[1972 Code § 6-4.2; Ord. No. O-09-28 § 2; amended 3-13-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-20]
Whenever the Health Officer or his/her designee(s) and/or the Director of Public Works or his/her designee(s) shall deem it necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public health, safety, general welfare or the elimination of a fire hazard, or upon investigation of a complaint of any resident, officer or employee of the City, the Health Officer or his/her designee(s) and/or the Director of Public Works or his/her designee(s) may order the owner, tenant or person in possession of the lands on which grass, weeds, trash or other debris are found to exist, to remove same, or to cause the removal thereof if the order is not complied with.
[1972 Code § 6-4.3; Ord. No. O-09-28 § 2; amended 12-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-44; 3-13-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-20]
After an investigation of a complaint of any resident, officer or employee of the City, or upon his own motion, the Health Officer or his/her designee(s) and/or the Director of Public Works or his/her designee(s) shall investigate the conditions complained of. If the reported conditions are found to exist, the Health Officer or his/her designee(s) and/or Director of Public Works or his/her designee(s) shall notify the owner, tenant, or person in possession of the lands complained of, in writing, either personally or by registered mail, to remove such brush, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash, or other debris. The notice shall specify the time for removal of the condition(s) complained of, which shall not be less than 72 hours or more than 10 days after the owner, tenant, or person in possession of the lands has received notice. The Health Officer or his/her designee(s) and/or the Director of Public Works or his/her designee(s) shall reinspect the lands in question to determine whether or not the condition complained of has been abated or remedied.
[1972 Code § 6-4.4; Ord. No. O-09-28 § 2; amended 3-13-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-20]
In the event the owner, tenant or person in possession of the lands in question shall refuse or neglect to abate or remedy the condition complained of within the time set forth in the notice, the Health Officer or his/her designee(s) and/or Director of Public Works or his/her designee(s) shall cause the condition complained of to be abated and remedied and shall certify to the cost of removal and present same, together with a copy of the notice to the property owner, to the Municipal Council, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, cause the cost to become a lien against the property. The amount shall become a lien upon the lands and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, which shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as taxes.