The fact that grass or noxious weeds are cut by the city and the cost thereof charged to or paid by the owner shall not excuse the owner from responsibility for the violation of this code thereby abated. Failure to cut grass or noxious weeds by the owner as required herein shall constitute a violation of this code punishable as provided in § 10.99 of this code regardless of whether such grass and noxious weeds are cut subsequent to the commission of such violation.
(1979 Code, § 9.46)