(a) If the lessee, agent or tenant having charge of the lands herein fails to comply with the notice provided for in Section 905.05, the Mayor shall cause the noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed and the expenses so incurred shall be approved by Council and paid out of the treasury of the Municipality. Thereupon, the expenses of cutting the weeds, as set forth in Section 905.07, shall be billed to the property owner by certified mail, return receipt requested. Upon the property owner's failure to reimburse the Fiscal Officer for the expenses of cutting the weeds within ten days thereafter, the Fiscal Officer shall make written return to the County Auditor of his or her action, with a statement of the charges for the services, the amount paid for the performance of such labor, the fees of the officer who made the service with the notice and return, and a proper description of the premises, with a request that such amount be entered upon the tax duplicate as a lien upon such lands from and after the date of the entry and be collected as other taxes and be returned to the Municipality according to law.
(b) Should any weeds be found within the Municipality after the publication provided for in Section 905.01, the Mayor may cause the weeds to be cut at the expenses of the Fiscal Officer. Thereupon, the expense of cutting shall be billed to the property owner by registered mail, return receipt requested. Upon the property owner's failure to reimburse the Fiscal Officer for the expenses of cutting the weeds, within ten days thereafter, the Fiscal Officer shall make written return to the County Auditor of his or her action, with a statement of the charges for the services, the amount paid for the performance of such labor, the fees of the officers who made the service with the notice and return and a proper description of the premises, with a request that such amount be entered upon the tax duplicate as a lien upon such lands from and after the date of the entry and be collected as other taxes and be returned to the Municipality according to law.
(Ord. 82-11. Passed 6-24-82; Ord. 2009-07. Passed 8-17-09; Ord. 2018-07. Passed 6-18-18.)