(A) In the event that no hearing shall have been requested as provided for in this article or the City Manager or City Council, after such hearing, shall have ordered such nuisance to be abated and such nuisance shall not have been abated within the respective period specified, then the City Manager may cause such nuisance to be abated forthwith by removing same, in as many instances as may be necessary for continued abatement of the nuisance, and may cause a complaint to be filed against such owner in the Municipal Court for violation of provisions of this article, or both.
(B) To affect abatement, the city may cause the nuisance to be abated by employees for the city or, in the alternative, may prepare appropriate specifications, advertise for bids and award a contract for such abatement to the lowest and best bidder. The cost of abating any such nuisance, in each and every instance where abated, shall be borne by the property owner and shall be assessed as hereinafter provided.
(C) If the city causes property within the municipal limits to be cleared of weeds, noxious plants or thickets, any subsequent accumulations of the same on the property occurring within a six-month period may be declared to be a nuisance and may be summarily abated without further notice to the property owner. At the time of each such summary abatement the City Manager or his or her designee shall notify the property owner of the abatement and the costs thereof.
(Ord. 3203, passed 7-7-09)