The owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the Village, whether the same is improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, within five days after written notice to do so, served upon him by certified mail, personal or residence service, shall remove, cut or destroy or cause to be removed, cut or destroyed any tree or tree branch, noxious or poisonous weeds or vines growing upon any such lot or parcel of land and shall prevent the same or any grasses from blooming or going to seed or exceeding a height of eight inches. If the certified mail notice is returned unclaimed, notice shall be sent by regular mail with certificate of mailing. If such owner or person having charge of such land is a nonresident whose addresses is unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish such notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the County. The police chief, any police officer or agent of the Village may make service and return of the notice provided for in this section and shall be allowed the same fee as that provided for service and return of summons in civil cases before a judge or magistrate.
(Ord. 2011-104. Passed 7-25-11.)