In the event the Department is forced to cut and/or remove weeds and other rank vegetation from property, the Director shall make a certified statement of the county’s removal costs, plus administrative costs incurred by the county for the cutting and/or removal of such weeds and other rank vegetation under the provisions of § 92.032. Such statement shall be delivered to the landowner in the same manner as a violation notice under § 92.031, and the landowner shall pay such amount to the Department within ten days after the landowner has been served with the statement. If the landowner fails to pay such amount within ten days after being served with such statement the Department may collect the bill in any manner available at law. The Director may also certify a copy of such statement, and include in such certification any additional administrative costs incurred in the making of such certification, to the County Auditor and the County Auditor shall place the total amount certified on the tax duplicate of the property affected by such work, and such amount, including any accrued interest, shall be collected as delinquent taxes are collected and shall be disbursed to a special non-reverting Weeds and Other Rank Vegetation Control Fund in the county as provided by I.C. 36-7-10.1-5, if one has been established by the county; if such a fund has not been established, the funds collected must be deposited in the County General Fund.
(Ord. 2013-220, passed 5-6-2013)