(A) It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any owner, agent, occupant or person in possession, charge of or control of any lot or ground or any part of any lot, to permit, allow or maintain any growth of noxious weeds, grass and other rank growth of vegetation 12 inches or more in height, or to litter or to cause or allow litter to be deposited thereon or to allow litter to remain on such property, other than in proper receptacles provided therefor.
(B) It shall be the duty of each owner, agent, occupant or person in possession, charge or control of any lot or ground, or any part of any lot in the city to cut such lot or ground, together with that area between the property line and the curbed, paving or traveled roadway line, of all woods, grass and other rank growth of vegetation which has reached a height of 12 inches or more above the ground.
(C) It shall be unlawful for a person who owns or who is in control of any property to fail or refuse to keep such property free of litter, to prevent litter from being carried or deposited by the elements beyond such property or to allow litter to remain on such property.
(D) The city shall, during the month of April of each year, publish or cause to be published in one or more legal publications of general circulation a general notice setting forth the requirements of this section.
(E) The city shall notify the owner, agent, occupant and the person in possession, charge or control of any lot or ground, or any part of any lot in the city to cut such weeds or remove such litter. Such notice shall be by publication in a legal newspaper, published in said city and by certified mail through the United States Post Office, directed to such person. Five days after such notice, the city may proceed to have such work done as further provided hereafter.
(F) In the event the owner, agent, occupant or person in possession, charge or control of any lot or ground shall fail to comply with said published notice and clear or cut such lot, or ground, together with that area between the property line, and the curb, paving or traveled roadway line, of all weeds, grass and other rank growth of vegetation which has reached a height of 12 inches or more, and all litter, or both, as provided in this section, the city may cause such weeds, grass and other rank growth of vegetation to be cut or such litter to be removed, or any combination thereof, and assess the actual cost thereof as well as the direct costs associated with the administration, mailing of notices and publication of said assessments in amounts as determined by resolution of the City Council during the month of April in each year upon the property in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied and assessed. The city shall maintain the right to continue the cutting of such weeds and removal of litter or any combination thereof, at all times thereafter until new growth of the following year.
(G) It is hereby further declared unlawful for any owner, agent, occupant or person in possession, charge of or control of any lot or ground or any part of any lot, to permit or allow any litter to be deposited on the area outside of the property line on the curb, sidewalks, alley or street.
(2005 Code, § 6-302) (Ord. 779, passed 10-18-1977; Ord. 2322, passed 4-20-2010; Ord. 2346, passed 4-3-2012)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 18-1719