(A) All weeds growing on private property of five acres or less in area shall be kept cut by the owner, lessee, or occupant of such property.
(B) (1) In the event weeds are permitted to grow on any such property, it shall be the duty of the Health Department Administrator to give written notice to the owner, lessee, or occupant of said property.
(2) If the premises are occupied said notice may be mailed to the owner, lessee, or occupant at the address of said premises, and if the property if vacant, notice may be given by posting on the property.
(3) Said notice shall contain a description of the property sufficiently definite so that the same be identified, and shall state that unless the weeds thereon are cut within ten days from the date of said notice, the same will be cut and the cost thereof charged to the property owner, and a lien for such costs filed against the property.
(C) (1) If the weeds on any such property are not cut or destroyed within ten days from the date of mailing or posting said notice, the Health Department Administrator shall proceed to have said weeds cut at the expense of the county and shall collect the reasonable costs thereof from the owner.
(2) If the owner shall fail to pay such reasonable cost within ten days after the same is incurred, the Health Department Administrator, in the name of the county, shall prepare and file a notice of lien in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county, as provided by statute.
(D) Failure of the owner, lessee, or occupant to receive the notice provided to be given under division (B) above shall not impair the owner’s obligation to reimburse the county for cutting weeds on his or her property, nor invalidate the lien securing said obligation.
(Prior Code, § 4-7-1)