557.02 REMOVAL OF WEEDS BY OWNER OR OCCUPANT; NOTICE.

   (a)    No owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land within the City, whether the same is improved, unimproved, vacant or occupied, within five days after service upon him of written notice to do so, shall fail to cut or destroy or cause to be cut or destroyed any noxious or poisonous weeds or vines growing upon any such lot or parcel of land and to prevent the same from blooming, going to seed or exceeding a height of six inches.

   (b)    Any police officer or other person designated by the Clerk of Courts may make personal or residence service and return of the notice provided for in this section and the fees therefor shall be the same as allowed for service and return of summons in civil cases before a magistrate.

   (c)    If the address of the owner or other person having charge of the land is known, the notice may, in the alternative, be sent to his address by certified mail. If the certified mail is returned with an endorsement showing refusal, service of the notice may be made by ordinary mail. A certificate for proof of mailing shall be sufficient to show such service by ordinary mail. If the address of the owner or other person having charge of the land is unknown, it is sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.

   (d)    In addition to the service methods indicated in subsections (b) and (c) herein, the notice may be posted on the outside of the door of the main entrance to the residence located on the lot or parcel of land.

   (e)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues and for each repeated violation.

(Ord. 89-130. Passed 7-18-89.)