(A) Upon default of any owner of real estate to cut and destroy or haul away any weeds, sumac, black locust or rank vegetation, or cause this to be done, as provided in § 95.045 above, it shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner to notify the owner giving him or her 5 days to cause this work to be done. If the owner fails to cause the work to be done, the Street Commissioner or his or her designee is hereby empowered to enter upon the premises or property in violation and may thereupon cause all weeds, sumac, black locust and rank vegetation to be cut and destroyed or hauled away.
(B) (1) The Street Commissioner shall keep an accurate account of the expense thereof which shall be mailed as a bill to the owner, which bill is to be paid by the owner to the city at the City Controller’s office. A copy of Ord. 3794 (upon which this subchapter is based) shall be included with the billing.
(2) If the expense is not paid to the city within 60 days from the date of the billing, the expense shall become a lien on the property, shall be placed on the duplicate and be collected as taxes are collected, and shall be turned in to the City Treasurer.
(1979 Code, § 95.21) (Ord. 3794, passed 4-20-1987) Penalty, see § 95.999