(a) Any person within the City who receives notice from the Director of Public Service - Safety that noxious weeds are growing on lands owned by him within the City and are about to spread or mature seeds, or have spread and matured seeds shall cause such weeds to be cut and destroyed within five days after service of such notice thereof. If such owner or other person having charge of such lands is a nonresident, such notice shall be sent to his last known address by certified mail; if the address of such owner is unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish such notice in a newspaper of such general circulation in the City.
(b) Any police officer, clerk or deputy clerk of Council or the Director of Public Service - Safety may make service or return of the notice provided for in this section. If the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of the lands herein fails to comply with such notice then the Director shall cause the noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed and expenses so incurred shall be deemed to be approved by this Council and paid for out of funds to be appropriated thereby.
(c) Upon the cutting and destroying of such noxious weeds and receipt of all charges, including fees of officers making service upon the person having charge of such lands, then the returned letter shall be certified to the County Auditor by the Clerk of Council with a proper description of the premises and a request that such amount be entered upon the tax duplicate and made a lien upon such lands from and after the date of the entry, to be collected as other taxes and returned to the Municipality according to law.
(Ord. 70, 1979.)