(A) Should any property owner fail to keep his property cleared, the city may cause the property to be kept cleared and in a sanitary condition for health purposes or cleared for fire prevention, and the expense of cutting, clearing or cleaning and maintaining this lot shall be an assessment against the property owner, as provided herein.
(B) When the city cuts, clears, maintains or cleans a lot, the charge by the city shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) minimum, plus charges for equipment, labor, postage fees, administrative costs and other ancillary fees.
(C) When the city contracts with another party to have a lot cut, cleared, maintained, or cleaned, the city shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the cost the city pays to the contracted party, and also to cover the city's expenses for advertising, administrative time and work involved in having the lot cleaned.
(D) Any amount charged for work authorized and completed pursuant to this section which is not paid within thirty (30) days from proper billing shall be added to the property owner's annual property tax as a "lot charge," shall become a part of the property tax due for that year, and shall be collected and executed upon the same manner as the ad valorem property tax.
(1977 Code, § 6-3001, as amended by Ord. passed 2-8-1982; Am. Ord. 07-19, passed 9-10-2007)