[Adopted 8-14-2001 by Ord. No. 11-2001 (Ch. 52, § 52-6, of the 1974 Code)]
The Zoning Officer of the City of Northfield and anyone acting under his authority may require the owner or tenant of a dwelling lying within the City of Northfield, when necessary and expedient for the preservation of public health, safety or general welfare or to eliminate a fire hazard, to remove from such lands or dwelling brush, weeds (including ragweed), dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris.
The Zoning Officer and anyone acting under his authority shall provide to the owner and/or tenant 10 days' written notice to remove or destroy same. In cases where the owner or tenant shall refuse and neglect to remove or destroy same in a manner within the time prescribed above, it shall be deemed a violation of this article.
[Amended 4-24-2012 by Ord. No. 3-2012]
The penalty for violation of any provision of this article shall be as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-15. Any such penalty shall be in addition to the costs incurred in cutting and removing said brush, debris or other items. For the purposes of this article, each day in which said condition exists after the expiration of the notice shall be deemed or constitute a separate offense under this article, and separate complaints may be filed for each such offense.
In cases where the owner and/or tenant shall fail to remove said brush, weeds (including ragweed), dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris, the same must be removed within the direction of the Zoning Officer or his representative from the City of Northfield. Said Zoning Officer or his representative shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body of the City of Northfield, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the property. The amount of said charge shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become in form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the Tax Collector in the same manner as taxes.