(a) It is hereby determined that noxious weeds, thistles, burdocks, jimson weeds, ragweeds, milkweeds, mulleins, poison ivy, poison oak, or other weeds of rank growth growing at a height of eight inches or higher, or overgrown yard grass (including front yards, side yards, and rear yards), vegetation and/or wild grass growing at a height of six inches or higher upon any
property in the City are a public nuisance.
(b) The City Manager or his nominee/designee, for the first two calendar weeks of each year, shall publish this determination in a newspaper of local circulation and shall make demand that all property owners regularly cut the weeds growing upon their properties during the ensuing months of the year.
(c) Should any such noxious weeds, thistles, burdocks, jimson weeds, ragweeds, milkweeds, mulleins, poison ivy, poison oak, or other weeds of rank growth growing at a height of eight inches or higher, or overgrown yard grass (including front yards, side yards, and rear yards), vegetation and/or wild grass be found within the City after the foregoing publication has been completed, the City Manager or his nominee/designee may cause these to be cut at the expense of the City. Thereupon the expense of cutting shall be billed to the property owner by registered mail and upon his failure to reimburse the City, this amount within twenty days thereafter, and may cause the Director of Law shall collect the same by judicial process. Any judgment uncollected for thirty days after its date shall be recorded in the records of the Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of Erie County, as a lien upon the lands of the property owner concerned.
(Ord. 2021-18. Passed 5-11-21.)