In case of failure or neglect of any such owner, tenant, lessee or occupant to destroy, cut down, destroy and obliterate noxious weeds, or to maintain, mow and cut any weeds, grasses and plant growths in or on any and all such lots, lands or premises so owned, leased or occupied by such person in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with the provisions of section 10-8-1 of this chapter, the City Mayor or Administrator shall cause to be served on such agent, owner, tenant, lessee and/or occupant a notice, describing the property with convenient certainty by its legal description or by the street number of the house, requiring such owner, lessee, tenant and/or occupant to destroy any noxious weeds and/or cut said weeds, grass, and/or plant growths within seven (7) days from the service thereof, or that the City will require the same to be done, and the cost thereof charged as a lien against said property.
Such notice shall be served upon such owner, lessee, tenant and/or occupant in person if found upon said premises or within the City, and in case said owner, agent, and/or occupant cannot be found in person within the City after reasonable diligence and inquiry, such notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon said premises, and a copy thereof mailed to the last known Post Office address of such owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant, as shown on the records of the Cassia County Assessor's Office, by certified mail; and if at the end of seven (7) days from the giving of such notice, such owner, lessee, tenant, and/or occupant has failed and neglected to cut and/or destroy such vegetation, the City Administrator or other officer of the City shall cause the same to be done and shall file with the Council a statement of the expenditure occasioned thereby.
In the event that such weeds, noxious weeds, grasses and plant growths are not so continuously maintained, cut, mowed, destroyed, weeded out, cut down and/or obliterated within seven (7) days of service or of posting and mailing as provided above, the Mayor or Administrator may cause through its duly authorized personnel, such weeds, noxious weeds, grasses and plant growths to be cut down, weeded out and/or destroyed at the expense of the owner. The costs and expenses of cutting down, weeding out and obliterating the same shall in the event of nonpayment for thirty (30) days be assessed against such property, as general taxes, and collectable as other general State, County and Municipal taxes as provided by Idaho Code sections 50-317 and 50-1008. Such fees may be certified by the City Treasurer to the County Treasurer under the provisions of Idaho Code sections 50-317 and 50-1008. The remedies provided for in this section shall be in addition to, and not a prerequisite for, all other remedies available to the City. (Ord. 1359, 4-16-2019)