(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any land within the city to permit a public nuisance, health hazard, or source of filth to develop thereon.
(B) Whenever a nuisance situation is discovered, the Commissioner of the Sanitation Department shall give written notice to remedy the nuisance situation and to advise the owner that the city may take appropriate action to correct the nuisance if the owner does not do so. Upon the failure of the owner of the property to comply within five days after receipt of the written notice provided for in this section or within ten days after the date of such notice in the event that the notice is returned to the post office because of its inability to make delivery thereof, provided the same was properly addressed to the last known address of the owner or agent, the Commissioner of the Sanitation Department is authorized to send employees upon the property to remedy the situation.
(C) Once any work necessary to remedy the situation has been done by the city, and the city has paid for the work or calculated the cost of the work, the owner or his agent shall be notified of the amount paid and/or the cost of the work in addition to a $200 penalty for failure to timely comply with this section and he shall further be notified that payment is expected by the city within 30 days after the notice. In the event that the city is not paid within 30 days after the notice, the Commissioner of the Sanitation Department may commence appropriate proceedings on behalf of the city pursuant to this section, including but not limited to a civil action to recover the cost of the work hereinabove described or to file a lien for the amount due plus interest at the local rate upon the benefitted property.
(Ord. 86-6, passed 5-6-86; Am. Ord. 95-6, passed 8-7-95; Am. Ord. 97-6, passed 7-14-97)