(A) Notice required. Whenever noxious weeds are found to exist upon any premises within the city, the city shall notify the owner of the property or, if no such person can be found, the person in control of the premises.
(B) Contents of notice. The notice shall state that the existence of such noxious weeds constitutes a public nuisance and shall order the owners or persons in charge to exterminate or remove all such weeds on any lot, place, or area within the city limits, and upon one-half of any adjacent street or road. The notice shall further inform such property owners, or his, her, or their agents, that upon his, her, or their failure to remove or exterminate such weeds within a specified time, the city may proceed to have such weeds removed or exterminated and assess the cost thereof to the property involved.
(C) Service of notice. Personal notice of the order shall be served. In case personal service cannot be obtained, then the notice shall be published in a prominently displayed advertisement once a week for two weeks in a newspaper in the city, or if no such paper exists, in a newspaper within the county. The last date of publication shall be not less than seven days prior to the date upon which the city shall commence the removal of weeds from such property.
(2015 Code, § 6-6-3) Penalty, see § 93.99