(a) The owner or occupant or other person having charge of any lot or parcel of land situated within the corporate limits, whether the same is improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, within five days after written notice to do so, served upon him in conformity with subsection (b) hereof, shall cut or destroy or cause to be cut or destroyed any noxious or poisonous weeds or vines or any grasses growing upon such lot or parcel of land so as to prevent the same from blooming, spreading or maturing seeds, or exceeding a height of ten inches. This same requirement shall apply to the “tree lawn” or the area between the edge of the curb or the edge of the street or alley and the property line, including platted but unimproved streets or alleys. Failure to comply with such notice shall subject the owner, occupant or other person having charge of the lot or parcel to the penalty provided for a violation of this chapter in addition to the right of the Municipality to remedy the nuisance and recoup the expense of doing so from the owner, occupant or other person having charge of the lot or parcel.
(b) Service of Notice. The notice may be served by delivering it personally to an owner, occupant or other person having charge of the lot or parcel, leaving it at the usual place of business or residence of the owner, occupant or other person having charge of the lot or parcel, posting it in a conspicuous place on said lot or parcel, mailing it to the owner, occupant or other person having charge of the lot or parcel at his/her/their last known address, or, if service cannot be effected by any of the aforementioned means, by publishing it once in a newspaper or general circulation with the City.
(Ord. A-04. Passed 2-2-04.)