(A) It shall hereafter be unlawful for the owner or his or her agent of property abutting any public ways to permit noxious weeds or vegetable matter to grow or remain in the area between his or her property line and the paved portion of the street; and it shall be the duty of such abutting owner to maintain the grass in the unpaved portion of the public way adjacent to his or her property and to keep drainage facilities adjacent to his or her property free from obstruction.
(B) The owner of property may take reasonable steps to protect the area adjacent to his or her property from damage or harm, including the maintenance of curb stones or similar devices no closer than one inch to the paved portion of the roadway in areas subject to continued abuse.
(C) The City Council shall give notice of violations of this section to the owner or his or her agent requiring the nuisance to be abated within five days.
(2008 Code, § 12.29.040) Penalty, see § 92.99