The weed official shall give notice by publication prior to March 15 in a daily newspaper of general circulation of the City, notifying property owners or occupants in possession or control of lands, including railroad lands within the City, of the duty to maintain all vegetation, weeds, vines, brush, bushes, non-purposefully planted trees less than three inches in diameter, and noxious weeds as defined by Code of Iowa (Chapter 364), or other growths as required under this chapter. The notice will further state that the city will cut or destroy such vegetation, weeds, vines, brush, bushes, non-purposefully planted trees less than three inches in diameter, and noxious weeds as defined by the Code of Iowa, or other growths, and bill or assess the cost thereof to the property owner or occupant in possession or control of lands, including railroad lands within the City, and that the costs will be assessed against the property in accordance with this chapter.