(a) Upon information that noxious weeds are growing on lands in the Municipality and are about to spread or mature seeds, the City Zoning Inspector shall cause written notice to be served on the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the land, notifying him that noxious weeds are growing on such lands and that they must be cut and destroyed within five days after service of the notice.
(b) Upon a finding by the City Zoning Inspector that litter has been placed on lands in the Municipality, and has not been removed, and constitutes a detriment to public health, the City Zoning Inspector shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner and, if different, upon the lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the littered land, notifying him that litter is on the land, and that it must be collected and removed within fifteen days after the service of the notice.
(c) As used in this section and Section 557.02, "litter" includes any garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(d) If the owner or other person having charge of the land is a nonresident of the municipal corporation whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to his address by certified mail. If the address of the owner or other person having charge of the land is unknown it is sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(e) This section shall not apply to recycling industries or to property upon which a building is being constructed but only during the actual time of construction and only on that part of the property in the immediate vicinity of the building. For the purpose of this provision, "immediate vicinity" shall be defined as the area around the building equal to the minimum setback requirements for the building under the City Zoning Code.
(Ord. 11-38. Passed 8-18-11.)