(A) First notification. The Village Clerk shall, during the month of March of each year, give notice of the requirements and provisions of this subchapter by publishing a notice one time in a newspaper of general circulation within the Village of Birch Run, as provide for by M.C.L.A. § 247.64a. It shall also state that weeds not cut and their removal from public sidewalks and streets by May 1 of that year may be cut or removed by the village and the owner of the property charged a fine and cost for the removal of same. The village may cut the weeds and grass as many times as is necessary and charge the costs thereof to the owner.
(B) Second notification. After May 1, the Commissioner or his or her designee shall prepare a list of all property owners who have failed to cut weeds on their property or provided for the removal of same from public sidewalks and streets as required in division (A) above. The village shall send by first class mail a second notification to each property owner on the list, notifying him or her that he or she has ten days from the date of the notice to comply with the weed cutting and removal requirements of the subchapter or he or she will be subject to the violation and penalty as stated in § 95.99.
(C) Duty. It shall be the duty of all owners of land on which weeds are found to be growing to destroy and cut same before they reach a seed bearing stage and remove the remains from all public sidewalks and streets within the village, which will prevent such weeds from becoming a detriment to public health and safety.
(D) Exception. In the event a property is an agricultural field which is not used for the growing of agricultural crops, only the first 100 feet from an adjoining road or property line shall be subject to the weed cutting requirements of this subchapter.
(Ord. 03-05, passed 9-29-2003; Ord. - - , passed 9-27-2010)