[Amended 7-20-1970; 6-28-1976, 11-4-1991 by HB No. 6-91, 3-3-2008 by HO-2008-04,4-7-2008 by HO-2008-05, 12-14-2009 by HO-2009-10, 12-5-2016 by HO-2016-02]
A. Upon complaint that a condition exists prohibited by Section
65-25 and upon inspection by the Code Enforcement Officer and a determination that a condition does exist that violates Section
65-25, the Code Enforcement Officer shall notify the owner and the occupants of the property, by causing a copy of such notice to be prominently affixed to the property or by personally serving upon the owner and occupants of the property a copy of said notice, and by mailing via regular mail a copy of the notice to the residence and to the owner, the notice shall be dated and state with specificity the nature of the condition, that the condition must be remedied within 14 days (more days may be specified in the notice) of the posting date of the notice, that upon failure to remove/abate such within the time specified, the City will remove/abate it, and the cost thereof will be charged to him, her, them as the case may be, unless cause to the contrary be shown by filing Objections in writing with the Office Of Code Enforcement on or before the expiration date on the Notice.
B. If timely objections have been filed in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the appeal of the specified action shall be held pursuant to §
96-6A and
B of this Code except that no appeal fee shall be required; the Mayor and City Administrator shall select at least two persons with expertise in botany and horticulture to advise on the record the Board hearing the appeal; upon written request the Mayor and City Administrator may grant a fifteen-day extension to allow the Appellant additional time to prepare; and the earliest date the City may begin to remove or abate the condition, absent emergency circumstances, shall be three days after the appeal process has been concluded. The appellant may call such witnesses as he or she chooses for the hearing of the appeal.
C. Upon failure of the recipient either to comply with such notice or
to file timely objections, the City of Hyattsville shall authorize
or employ persons to perform said work, who shall have the right of
entering the premises for that purpose, and the cost thereof shall
be assessed against the property owner by the City of Hyattsville.
D. If the City of Hyattsville shall have the work performed or shall
employ persons to perform said work and if the cost thereof as so
assessed shall not be paid within 30 days after a request for payment
has been given to the owner or occupant of the property; such cost,
as contained in a statement provided to the Treasurer by the Head
of Code Enforcement, showing the cost and expense incurred for the
work, the date the work was done and the location of the property
on which said work was done, shall be charged to the owner of such
property by issuance of a supplemental tax bill. Such tax bill shall
constitute a lien on such property and shall be collected in such
manner as the City may establish.