It shall be the duty of every person owning any premises in the city on which there shall be growing any fruit, shade or forest trees or shrubbery of any kind, to keep the same free from tent caterpillars, and in the event it is found that any fruit, shade or forest trees or shrubbery have become infested with tent caterpillars, it is unlawful for the owner of any such premises on which there shall be growing any such trees or shrubbery, to fail or neglect to promptly take or use such methods as may be necessary to effectually destroy such tent caterpillars, or in lieu thereof to destroy such trees or shrubbery.
(Ord. 213 § 13(B), 1977)
It shall be the duty of every owner, lessee, occupant or agent thereof or of any person having the care and charge of any land or lands, improved or unimproved, enclosed or not enclosed, in the city, to cut down or cause to be cut down all thistles, tansy-ragwort, or other such noxious weeds, growing thereon, or on any road, street or highway bordering thereon, to the center thereof, so often and in each and every year as shall be necessary to prevent such weeds from going to seed.
(Ord. 213 § 10(D)(3)(a), 1977)
The city shall give notice to the owner, lessee, occupant, agent or person having the care or charge of any land or lots within the city, or of any road, street or highway bordering thereon, upon which any noxious weeds as described in YMC § 9.56.040 are growing, requiring such owner, lessee, occupant, agent or person having the care or charge thereof, to cause the same to be cut down within 10 days from the service of such notice. In case the owner, lessee, occupant, agent or person having the care and charge thereof shall refuse or neglect to cut down such noxious weeds within the 10 days, the authorized representative of the city shall enter upon the land, lots or any road, and cause all such weeds to be cut down with as little damage as possible to any growing crops there may be thereon; provided, that when such noxious weeds are growing upon any land or lots, or any road, street or highway bordering thereon, of a nonresident of the city, and such owner has no known agent in the city, such notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the land, in view of the traveling public; and provided further, that in case of noxious weeds growing on the right-of-way of any railroad within the city, such notice may be served on the section foreman in charge of the portion of the right-of-way within the city or it may be served upon any agent of the company within the city.
(Ord. 213 § 10(D)(3)(b), 1977)
The city clerk/treasurer shall keep an account of the expenses incurred by the city to carry out the provisions of this chapter with respect to each lot or parcel of land entered upon therefor, and shall author and send by mail a statement of such expense, including a description of the lands, verified by oath, to the owner, lessee, occupant, agent or person having the care or charge thereof, if known, requiring him to pay the same within 30 days. In case payment thereof is not made within said time, several amounts as shown to be due by said statements shall be a lien upon the premises, and collected and the lien enforced by suit in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 213 § 10(D)(3)(c), 1977)