(A) It shall be the duty of the owner of every lot or parcel of ground within the city limits where thistles, giant ragweeds and the growth of weeds or other vegetative growth such as may constitute or likely to produce a fire hazard upon any property within the city is a nuisance.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Mayor or City Compliance officer to notify, in writing, the owner of any property upon which weeds or other growth may grow to remove the same within five days from the date of service of such notice. Such notice shall be served personally upon such owner if he or she can be found within the city, but in case any owner is a nonresident or cannot be found within the city, then such notice shall be mailed to the last known address of such owner and service shall be deemed complete upon the fifth day following such mailing. Proof of such service shall be filed with the City Clerk- Treasurer.
(C) (1) Upon the expiration of the five-day period following such notice, the Public Works Department shall forthwith remove the weeds or growth from such property upon which the same has grown, and file with the City Clerk-Treasurer the cost of such removal.
(2) The City Clerk-Treasurer will bill the property owner for the cost of the removal. If the property owner fails to pay the cost the City Clerk-Treasurer will levy the cost of the removal against such property as pursuant to M.C.A. § 7-13-4309.
(Prior Code, § 8.04.130) (Ord. 188, passed - -1942) Penalty, see § 91.99