(a) If the owner or person having charge of such land fails to comply with the notice to cut and destroy noxious weeds, rank vegetation or grass within three calendar days (seventy-two hours) after the service of such notice or after the publication of such notice in the newspaper of general circulation in the County, such owner or person in charge shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 543.99. In addition, the City Engineer or his assistant may cause the noxious weeds, rank vegetation or grass to be cut and destroyed and all expenses and labor incurred in such operation shall be paid out of City funds not otherwise appropriated.
(b) The City reserves the right to abate any nuisance which occurs under this chapter. The City Engineer or his assistant shall make a written return to the County Auditor of his action under Section 543.09. The Mayor or his designee shall make a written return to the County Auditor of his action under Section 543.06. A written statement shall include the charges for the service, the amount paid for labor, the fees of the officers serving such notices and a proper description of the premises. Such amounts when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and be lien upon such lands from and after the date of the entry and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the City.
(Ord. 28-2008. Passed 7-21-08.)