(A) The Public Safety Administrator or designee shall, by public notice to owners, managers and/or lessees of any lot within the city, require all weeds on that lot be cut and removed, or unmaintained vegetation to be properly maintained. The public notice may be given generally by one annual publication in the official newspaper of the city.
(B) The notice shall provide that each owner, manager or lessee of all lots within the city shall cut and keep cut at all times all weeds, and shall properly maintain all other vegetation, and shall further provide that in case of failure to comply, the city will cause the same to be cut or maintained and assess the cost thereof and any applicable fines and administrative fees against the owner, manager or lessee.
(C) By posting written notice on each lot within the city requiring weeds to be cut or vegetation to be maintained, the city shall regard this as having contacted the owner, manager or lessee of the lot.
(D) Properties within the community of the city that are infested with noxious weeds, will be declared a public nuisance and shall be mitigated immediately by the property owner or by the city, and any costs of this mitigation shall be assessed against the owner, manager or lessee of the property.
(Prior Code, § 18-802) (Ord. 930-00, passed 10-30-2000; Ord. 993-09, passed 6-1-2009; Ord. 1044-16, passed 2-16-2016)