(a) If the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of the lands herein fails to comply with the notice provided for in Section 905.05, such owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of said lands shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 905.99. In addition, the Village Zoning Inspector may cause the noxious weeds, grass, or rank vegetation to be cut and destroyed and all expenses and labor incurred in such operation shall be paid out of the Village's funds not otherwise appropriated. The Village reserves the right to abate any nuisances which occur under this Chapter.
(b) Any expense of cutting 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, grass or rank vegetation, within ten days thereafter, the Fiscal Officer shall make written return to the County Auditor of the actions taken, with a written statement of the charges for the services, the amount paid for the labor, the fees for the service of notices and return and a proper description of the premises. Such amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and be a lien upon such lands from and after the date of the entry and be collected as other taxes and be returned to the Village according to law.
(Ord. 82-11. Passed 6-24-82; Ord. 2009-07. Passed 8-17-09; Ord. 2018-07. Passed 6-18-18; Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-21-23.)