(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner or agent of private property abutting any public way to permit noxious weeds, leaves, or vegetable matter to grow or remain in the area between his or her property line and the paved portion of the street or highway or such public way and it shall be the duty of the abutting property owner to maintain the grass in the unpaved portion of the public way adjacent to his or her property and to keep drainage facilities adjacent to his or her property free from obstruction.
(B) The Mayor, the Code Enforcement Officer, or his or her designee shall give notice of violations of this section to the owner or his or her agent requiring the nuisance to be abated within 15 days.
(C) Upon failure of the owner of the property to comply with any notice specified herein, the Mayor or his or her designee may send employees upon said property to remedy the situation and the city shall have a lien against said property for the reasonable value of labor and materials used in remedying the situation, which lien shall be in the form of an affidavit signed by the City Clerk and shall be recorded in the County Clerk’s office and which lien shall bear interest at the rate of 1% per month thereafter until paid.
(1996 Code, § 11-5.03) (Ord. 008, Series 2002, passed 11-18-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999