909.04 PROCEDURE WHEN OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE.

   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.)

909.05 WRITTEN RETURN TO COUNTY AUDITOR.

   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.)

909.06 TRIMMING OF TREES AND SHRUBBERY TO PREVENT OBSTRUCTION.

   (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.)