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(a) Any person owning or having charge of land within the Municipality shall keep that property free and clear from all weeds and vegetation and shall be required to cut all such weeds and vegetation on the lots owned or controlled by him as needed, but at no time shall said weeds and vegetation exceed a height of ten inches.
(b) Noxious weeds, and rank vegetation shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Any weeds such as jimson, burdock, ragweed, thistle, cocklebur, or other weeds of a like kind;
(2) Bushes of the species of tall, common, or European barberry, further known as berberis vulgaris or its horticultural varieties;
(3) Any weeds, grass, or plants, other than trees, bushes, flowers, or other ornamental plants growing to a height exceeding ten inches.
(Ord. 29-98. Passed 9-1-98.)
(a) Upon information that weeds or vegetation is growing on lands in the Municipality, the Director of the Department of Public Works or his/her designee shall cause written notice to be served on the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of such land, notifying him that weeds or vegetation is growing on such lands and that it must be cut and destroyed within five days after service of such notice.
(b) Upon a finding by the Director of the Department of Public Works or his/her designee that litter has been placed on lands in the Municipality, and has not been removed, and constitutes a detriment to public health, the Director of the Department of Public Works or his/her designee shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner, or lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the littered land, notifying him that litter is on the land, and that it must be collected and removed within five days after the service of the notice.
(c) As used in this section and Section 909.04, “litter” includes any garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(d) This section does not apply to land being used under a municipal building or construction permit or license, a municipal permit or license, or a conditional zoning permit or variance to operate a junkyard, scrap metal processing facility, or similar business, or a permit or licenses issued pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapters 3734, 4737, or 6111.
(Ord. 29-98. Passed 9-1-98.)
The Service Director, his/her designee or police officer may make service and return of the notice provided for in Section 909.02 and shall be allowed the same fees as that provided for service and return of summons in civil cases before a magistrate.
(Ord. 29-98. Passed 9-1-98.)
If the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the lands mentioned in Section 909.02 fails to comply with the notice required by such section, the Director of the Department of Public Works, or his/her designee, shall cause such noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed or such litter removed and may employ the necessary labor to perform the task. All expenses incurred shall be paid out of the money in the treasury of the Municipality not otherwise appropriated.
(Ord. 29-98. Passed 9-1-98.)
The Clerk of Council shall make a written return to the County Auditor of the action under Sections 909.02 to 909.04, with a statement of the charges for their services, the amount paid for labor, the fees of the officers serving the notices, and a proper description of the premises. These amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon a tax duplicate and be a lien upon such lands from and after the date of entry and be collected as other taxes and returned to the Municipality with the General Fund.
(Ord. 29-98. Passed 9-1-98.)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to plant, grow, or maintain any shade tree or trees or shrubbery which will obstruct the proper distribution of light from street lamps or which will obstruct the view of traffic approaching an intersection by operators of vehicles approaching the intersection from another direction.
(b) All trees shall be trimmed so as to have a clear height of ten feet above the surface of sidewalks and twelve feet above the surface of the street or roadway, and the branches of all trees in front of and along lots or lands near which the street lights are placed shall be trimmed so as not to obstruct the free passage of light from the street lights to the street and sidewalk.
(c) The Director of the Department of Public Works or his/her designee shall cause a written notice to be given to property owners ordering them to trim or remove trees or shrubbery so that the trees and shrubbery shall conform to the provisions of (a) and (b).
(d) If the property owner fails to trim or remove the trees or shrubbery as ordered, the Director of Department of Public Works or his/her designee may cause the trees or shrubbery to be trimmed or removed as ordered, and the cost thereof shall be a lien upon such real estate as set forth in Sections 909.04 and 909.05.
(Ord. 29-98. Passed 9-1-98.)
(a) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, for which another penalty is not already provided, shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(b) In addition to any other penalty set forth herein, the failure to remove weeds, vegetation or litter, after proper notice is given as set forth in Section 909.02, shall constitute a minor misdemeanor. Each separate day of failure to comply with the notice to remove weeds, vegetation or litter shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 29-98. Passed 9-1-98.)