(a) The Director of Public Safety/Service or his designee shall give written notification to any property owner, or where applicable, lessee, agent, or erson residing at or who has control of such lands where any weeds or high grass have grown equal to or exceed eight (8) inches in length, on any lot within fifty (50) feet of any structure and on all lots twenty (20) feet from the curb line. Said notification shall give any landowner, lessee, agent or tenant forty-eight (48) hours to abate any said weeds or high grass conditions in violation of this section after receiving such notice.
(b) The notice shall set forth the cost to the City to abate said condition, which shall be in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per hour.
(c) Any property owner or where applicable, lessee, agent, or person residing at or who has control of lands who has violated Section 557.01 on three or more occasions in a calendar year shall be deemed a chronic violator for the same calendar year and shall receive written notice that he/she/it has been deemed a chronic violator and shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 557 of the Lorain Codified Ordinances. Failure to comply with said provisions after written notification has been sent shall be cause for the City to abate without further notice and the cost shall be assessed as provided for in Section 557.03.
(Ord. 115-22. Passed 7-18-22.)