(A) In the event an owner does not trim or remove any tree, bush, grass, vine, plant or shrubbery, or any part thereof, in accordance with the provisions of this division, trees, weeds and vines, then the City Manager is hereby authorized and it is hereby declared to be his or her duty to have enforced the provisions of this subchapter and to cause to be trimmed or removed the tree, plant or shrubbery, or part thereof, and cut and remove all grass and weeds. The fee charged to the owner by the city for mowing, clearing or trimming grasses, weeds, trees or bushes, pursuant to this section, shall be twice the price charged to the city by the contractor hired by the city to perform such work, in addition to an administrative fee of $100.
('97 Code, § 92.18)
(B) Whenever any tree, plant or shrubbery, or part thereof, or weeds and grass are growing in any street, alley, public place or on private property, and is trimmed or removed by the city, then, after the work is done, the city shall give notice, by regular mail, to the owner of the lot or parcel of land, at his or her last known address, or best obtainable address, to pay the cost of trimming or removal of trees, plants, shrubbery, grass or weeds, or parts thereof, which notice shall be accompanied by a statement of the amount of cost incurred, including any administrative cost, and in mailing of the notice, then the amount be certified to the county auditor for collection the same as other taxes and assessments are collected.
(‘97 Code, § 92.19) (Ord. C-734, passed 8-4-52; Am. Ord. 38-91, passed 8-5-91; Am. Ord. 8-06, passed 5-1-06; Am. Ord. 2-22, passed 4-5-22)