(a) It shall be a nuisance and shall be unlawful for any owner of property to permit dead trees or dead tree limbs to remain on lots and lands within the City.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Safety-Service Director to serve or cause to be served a notice upon the owner of any premises on which there are dead trees or dead tree limbs and to demand the abatement of the nuisance within ten days.
(c) If the owner so served does not abate the nuisance within ten days, the Director may proceed to abate the nuisance, keeping an account of the expense of the abatement, and such expense shall be charged to and paid by the owner.
(d) Whenever charges for abatement expense remain unpaid for sixty days after a statement has been mailed to the owner, Council, by resolution, may certify the charges to the County Auditor to be placed upon the tax duplicate, collected in the same manner as other taxes and returned to the City. Such charges for abatement expense shall be a lien on the premises from the date of entry upon the tax duplicate.
(Ord. 79-67. Passed 7-24-67.)
(Ord. 79-67. Passed 7-24-67.)