The owner or owners, tenant or tenants, of lands
abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and gutters of public streets,
avenues, highways and public places shall remove all grass, weeds
and other impediments therefrom after a notice to remove the same.
All grass and weeds shall be cut to a height of less than four inches
from the ground.
[Amended 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451; 2-24-2014 by Ord. No.
2250]
In case the owner or owners, tenant or tenants,
of lands abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and gutters, public
streets, avenues, highways and public places shall refuse or neglect
to remove all snow and ice from the same within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall be formed or fall thereon or all grass and weeds
and other impediments therefrom after three days' notice, it
shall be the duty of the Property Maintenance Inspector to cause such
work to be done under his direction by utilizing a private contractor,
and he shall certify the cost thereof to the Council.
[Amended 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451; 2-24-2014 by Ord. No.
2250]
The cost of such removal as certified by the
Property Maintenance Inspector, if found correct by the Council, shall
forthwith become a lien upon the lands abutting or bordering any such
sidewalk and gutter and shall be added to and become and form a part
of the taxes to be assessed and levied upon such lands and shall bear
the same interest as taxes.
[Amended 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451; 2-24-2014 by Ord. No.
2250]
The Council shall, upon receiving a certificate
of cost as aforesaid from the Property Maintenance Inspector, examine
the same and if found correct shall adopt a resolution to that effect,
directing that a certified copy thereof be delivered to the Collector
of Taxes, who shall thereupon collect such charges at the time of
collection of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands
and as a part thereof.