A. The superintendent of streets shall serve notice upon the owner, occupant or person in charge or control of any real property or premises within the city upon which the abutting street parking of which may be found any weeds or any other rank vegetable growth to cut down and remove from the premises and street parking all such weeds and rank vegetable growth within three (3) days from the date of service of such notice. The notice shall be served personally upon the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises, if he can be found within the city; if not, then the notice can be mailed to the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises at his last known post office address. If the notice is mailed, the service shall be deemed complete after the expiration of five (5) days from the date of mailing.
B. If the weeds and other rank vegetable growth are not cut down and removed from the premises and street parking within the time specified in the notice, the superintendent of streets may cause them to be cut down and removed and the reasonable costs thereof shall be a lien upon the premises upon which the work has been performed. If the work is performed upon street parking, the lien shall extend to the abutting premises. If the costs are not paid within thirty (30) days from the date of service of a statement of the costs upon the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises upon which or upon the abutting parking of which the work has been performed, a notice of assessment for the costs may be certified and filed with the county auditor by the city clerk- treasurer in behalf of the city. The notice of assessment shall be duly certified in accordance with sections 50-317 and 50-1008 of the Idaho Code and the assessment shall be placed on the assessment roll and collected in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected. (Ord. 54 § 5, 1978)