If any owner, agent, occupant, tenant or person in possession, charge or control of any lot or ground, or any part of any lot or ground located within the city fails or refuses to comply with section 29.5-9 above and the official notice and/or city administrator and/or his/her designee’s findings, the city through its property appointed designee shall have the power and is hereby authorized and instructed, after the expiration of the timeframes in section 29.5-9, to abate and/or remove such nuisance by causing such trees, or logwood piles or cut wood to be removed, pruned or sprayed at the expense of such person. If the city abates and/or removes such nuisance pursuant to this section, the city clerk shall provide notice of the same and the costs to the owner, agent, occupant, tenant or person in possession, charge or control of any lot or ground, or any part of any lot or ground located of the costs and demand reimbursement of the same within thirty (30) days.
(Ord. 4002, § 1, passed 8-18-2020)