The city hereby offers a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for the provision of information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons found guilty of committing the crime of arson within the corporate limits of the city. The city council shall be the sole and exclusive judge in determining eligibility for the reward established herein. This reward is a standing offer, and shall be paid out of the general fund of the city.
(1996 Code, art. 5.500)
Editor’s note–Former section 5.01.002 pertaining to outdoor burning and deriving from the 1996 Code, art. 5.700, was superseded by Ordinance 2016-04-11(8C) adopted 4/11/16. These provisions can now be found in article 5.06.
(a) 
Prohibited conditions.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or having control of any lot or land in the city to permit grass, weeds and/or vegetation to grow and be on such lot or land in violation of section 6.04.001 of this code. It shall be the duty of the owner and/or person in control of such lands and lots to cut and have removed such grass, weeds, and vegetation.
(b) 
Inspection of lots.
Upon instruction from the mayor or the city manager, it shall be the duty of the city health officer and/or the fire marshal of the city to inspect the lots and lands in the city and determine what vacant lots, if any, there may be on which the grass, weed and vegetation have grown to such an extent as to endanger the health of those living in that vicinity or which create a fire hazard to buildings or adjacent lots in that vicinity.
(c) 
Notice to abate.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police or a member of his staff to serve or cause to be served a notice upon the owner or occupant of any premises on which grass, weeds and/or vegetation are permitted to grow in violation of the provisions of this section and to demand the abatement of the nuisance within ten (10) days.
(d) 
Failure to abate.
If the person so served does not abate the nuisance within ten (10) days, the city manager may proceed to direct the abatement, and such expense shall be charged and paid by such owner or occupant.
(e) 
Lien for city’s costs.
Charges for such removal of said grass, weeds and/or vegetation shall be a lien upon the premises. Whenever a bill for such charges remains unpaid for sixty (60) days after it has been rendered, the city secretary may file with the county recorder a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain a legal description of the premises, the expense and cost incurred, and the date the weeds, grass or other vegetation was cut, and the notice that the city claims a lien for said amount. Notice of such lien claim shall be mailed certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the premises if his address is known. Provided, however, that failure of the clerk to record such lien claim or to mail such notice, or failure of the owner to receive such notice, shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for such charges as provided in the following subsection.
(f) 
Foreclosure of lien.
Property subject to a lien for unpaid grass, weed or other vegetation cutting charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to pay the charges after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be in equity in the name of the city.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.402; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Dangerous buildings or structures.
Any building or structure or premises in need of repair, or which by reason of age is in a dilapidated condition, or for any cause is especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger buildings or property of others, is hereby declared a fire hazard and public nuisance.
(b) 
Hazardous equipment or conditions.
Any owner or occupant of any building or other structure, or premises, who shall keep or maintain the same with an improper arrangement of a stove, range, furnace, or other heating appliance of any kind whatever, including chimneys, flues, and pipes with which the same may be connected, so as to be dangerous in the matter of fire, or health or safety of persons or property of others, or who shall keep or maintain any building, other structure or premises with an improper arrangement of a lighting device or system, or with a storage of explosives, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene, chemicals, vegetable products, ashes, combustibles, inflammable materials, or refuse, or with any other condition which shall be dangerous in character to the persons, health, or property of others, or which shall be dangerous in the matter of promoting, augmenting or causing fires, or which shall create conditions dangerous to firemen or occupants of such building, structure, or premises other than the maintainer thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) 
Order required prior to prosecution.
No prosecution shall be brought under subsections (a) and (b) of this section until the party is notified by the fire chief, fire prevention bureau, fire marshal and their duly authorized representatives of such violations and shall fail or refuse to comply with the order or orders regarding the same.
(1996 Code, secs. 5.403–5.405)