It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, occupant or any person in charge of any premises in the city to allow weeds, grass, brush or any unsightly vegetation to grow to an average height greater than twelve (12) inches upon any such real property or permits the accumulation of any other objectionable, unsanitary or unsightly matter, including, but not limited to, dead grass, tree limbs, stumps, waste paper, scrap wood or lumber, scrap metal, rags, rubber tires, bottles, appliances, furniture, dismantled or disassembled vehicle parts, discarded or abandoned construction material and exposed or uncovered fill materials.
(1995 Code, sec. 6.301; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Whenever weeds are allowed to grow, or trash or rubbish allowed to accumulate upon any premises of the city as prohibited by this article, the city shall order same removed by the owner, occupant, lessee or person in charge of such premises, within seven (7) days from the date such notice is given.
(b) 
Such notice shall be given personally to the owner in writing or by letter addressed to the owner at the owner’s post office address if known. If the owner’s address is unknown or the owner cannot be personally served, the notice can either be given by publication at least twice within ten (10) consecutive days or by posting the notice on or near the main building on the property or on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates if the property does not contain any building.
(c) 
The city, in the notice of a violation, may inform the owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, that if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature that poses a danger to the public health and safety on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the city without further notice may correct the violation at the owner’s expense and assess the expense against the property.
(1995 Code, sec. 6.302; Ordinance adopting Code)
In the event the owner of the premises upon which is located a nuisance as prohibited by this article cannot be found or served with notice, and there does not appear to be any person of such premises or occupancy, or in the event the nuisance is not abated by cutting the weeds and removing the trash and rubbish or either of them, as the case may be, then said nuisance shall be abated by the city, and the expense incurred, which shall include salary and wages of all employees, and reasonable charge for machinery and tools, vehicles, etc., used in abating said nuisance shall be a personal charge against owner of said premises and shall be assessed as a lien against the property on which such nuisance is located and removed therefrom, and shall be due and payable to the city and failure to pay within thirty (30) days shall cause a ten percent (10%) penalty to be added and same shall bear interest from the date the same is due, at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
(1995 Code, sec. 6.503; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
The city may abate, without notice, weeds that have grown higher than forty-eight (48) inches and are an immediate danger to the health, life, or safety of any person.
(b) 
Not later than the 10th day after the date the city abates weeds under this section, the city shall give notice to the property owner in the manner required by section 342.006 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) 
The notice shall contain:
(1) 
Identification, which is not required to be a legal description, of the property;
(2) 
A description of the violations of this article that occurred on the property;
(3) 
A statement that the city abated the weeds; and
(4) 
An explanation of the property owner’s right to request an administrative hearing related to the city’s abatement of the weeds.
(d) 
The city shall conduct an administrative hearing on the abatement of weeds under this section if the property owner files with the city a written request for a hearing within thirty (30) days of the date of the notice required under this section.
(e) 
An administrative hearing conducted under this section shall be conducted not later than the 20th day after the date a request for a hearing is filed. The owner may testify or present any witnesses or written information relating to the city’s abatement of the weeds.
(f) 
The city may assess expenses and create liens under this section as it assesses expenses and creates liens under section 342.007 of the Health and Safety Code. A lien created under this section is subject to the same conditions as a lien created under section 342.007 of the Health and Safety Code.
(g) 
The authority granted a city by this section is in addition to the authority granted by Health and Safety Code, section 342.006.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
Failure to cut weeds and remove trash when notified to do so, as set out in this article by any party obligated to do so by this article, shall be a misdemeanor. Each day that such nuisance shall continue will be considered a separate offense.
(1995 Code, sec. 6.504; Ordinance adopting Code)