If trees on private property are found to be infected or in a dead or dying condition, the City Manager or authorized designee shall give to the owner of the premises where the same are situated written notice of the existence of the disease or of the dead or dying condition of the trees or parts thereof and require the removal and burning of the same under the direction and supervision of the Public Works Director or his or her authorized representative. The City Manager or authorized representative shall give notice to abate and remove the nuisance and notice of the right to a hearing and the manner in which it may be requested to each owner or owner's duly authorized agent and to the occupant, if any, by personal service or certified mail. Within 30 days after the receipt of the notice, if the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground does not request a hearing or fails to comply with the order to abate and remove the nuisance, the city may have the work done and may levy and assess all or any portion of the costs and expense of the work upon the lot or piece of ground so benefitted in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied or assessed.
(Prior Code, § 4-512) (Ord. 2003-2660, passed 6-16-2003; Ord. 2012-2872, passed 6-4-2012)