It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, occupant or any person having supervision or control of any lot, tract, parcel of land, or a portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, within the corporate limits of the city, to suffer or permit grass, weeds or any plant that is not cultivated to grow to a greater height than twelve (12) inches on an average or to grow in rank profusion, or trash or rubbish to accumulate upon said premises to such an extent as is reasonably calculated to create a fire hazard or to become injurious to the health of the citizens of the city, in the following places:
(1) 
Upon such premises;
(2) 
Along the sidewalk or street adjacent to the premises between the property line and the curb, or, if there is no curb, then within ten (10) feet outside the property line;
(3) 
In an alley or easement adjacent to the premises measured to the centerline of such alley or easement.
(1977 Code, sec. 9-21; 2004 Code, sec. 8.101)
It shall be the duty of any owner, lessee, occupant or any person having supervision or control of any lot, tract, parcel of land, or a portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, within the corporate limits of the city, to remove or cause to be removed all such grass, weeds or plants or trash or rubbish, or both, as often as may be necessary to comply with section 6.02.001.
(1977 Code, sec. 9-22; 2004 Code, sec. 8.102)
In the event that the owner of any lot, tract, parcel of land, or a portion thereof, situated within the corporate limits of the city, shall fail to comply with section 6.02.002, then it shall be the duty of the city manager or code enforcement officer to notify such owner of his failure to comply with section 6.02.002 in one of the following ways which is applicable:
(1) 
Personal service: By a letter addressed to such owner at his post office address.
(2) 
Publication: By publication as many as two (2) times within ten (10) consecutive days in the official newspaper if personal service may not be had as provided in subsection (1) above or the owner’s address be not known.
(3) 
By United States mail.
(4) 
By posting notice on or near a building near the property to which the violation relates.
(5) 
By posting notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates, if the property contains no buildings.
(1977 Code, sec. 9-23; Ordinance adopting 2004 Code; 2004 Code, sec. 8.103)
(a) 
Generally.
At the expiration of ten (10) days after notification as provided in section 6.02.003, the city may enter upon such premises and may do such work as necessary or cause the same to be done in order that the premises comply with the requirements set forth in section 6.02.001.
(b) 
Immediate abatement of dangerous weeds.
The city may immediately abate the nuisances of weeds in excess of forty-eight (48) inches in height which are an immediate danger to the health, life or safety of any person.
(1977 Code, sec. 9-24; Ordinance adopting 2004 Code; 2004 Code, sec. 8.104)
A bill for the cost incurred by the city resulting from the abatement of the condition existing by reason of the owner’s failure to comply with section 6.02.002 shall be added to the owner’s utility bill and/or shall be mailed to the owner of the premises and must be satisfied within thirty (30) days of the date of mailing of the bill. In addition to all other costs, an administrative charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be added to cover the city’s cost of inspection, reinspection, mailing, publication, bookkeeping and other related administrative expenses.
(1) 
In the event that the bill has not been satisfied within thirty (30) days of the date of mailing of the bill, the city manager may file a statement with the county clerk of the expenses incurred in the abatement of the above-described condition on the premises, including the administrative costs set out in this section.
(2) 
The city shall have a privileged lien on any lot upon which such expense is incurred, second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements, for the cost and ten percent (10%) on the amount from the date such payment is due as stipulated in this section.
(3) 
For any such expenditure and interest as aforesaid, suit may be instituted and recovery and foreclosure had in the name of the city.
(4) 
The statement made by the city manager as provided in subsection (1) above, or a copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended in any such work performed or caused to be performed by the city.
(1977 Code, sec. 9-25; 2004 Code, sec. 8.105)
Upon giving written notice to a property owner in violation of the city health ordinances, the city may inform the property owner by certified mail that, if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the city may without further notice correct the violation at the owner’s expense and assess the expense against the property.
(Ordinance adopting 2004 Code; 2004 Code, sec. 8.106)
Failure to remove or cause to be removed all such grass, weeds or plants, or trash or rubbish, or both, when notified to do so as set out in this article, by any party obligated to do so by this article, shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision set forth in section 1.01.009 of this code, and each day that such violation shall continue after the time for abatement as herein set out shall constitute a separate offense.
(1977 Code, sec. 9-26; 2004 Code, sec. 8.107)