(A) If the provisions of § 101.01 are not complied with, the Chief of Police or his or her agent shall serve either personally, by certified mail, or a document attached to the door a written notification to the owner, lessee, or occupant or any person having the care or control of any lot or land to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) If the person upon whom the notice is served fails, neglects or refuses to cut and remove, or to cause to be cut and removed, or otherwise destroys weeds, grass or vegetation within seven days after receipt of the notice, or if no person can be found in the village who either is or claims to be the owner of the lot or land, or either represents, or claims to represent the owner, the Street Superintendent shall contact a contractor to enter private property and cause the weeds, grass or vegetation to be cut and removed or otherwise destroyed.
(C) The actual cost of the weeds, grass, or vegetation removal shall be paid by the owner of the property, plus a fine of $200 for the first offense and $300 for each subsequent offense per parcel, per cutting, removal, or destroying.
(D) The Street Superintendent shall certify the costs to the Village Council and shall, thereupon, become a lien upon the property on which weeds, grass or vegetation were located, and shall be added to, and shall become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed upon the lot or land, and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as other taxes.
(1988 Code, § 6.6201) (Ord. passed 8-8-1944; Ord. passed 4-3-1978; Ord. passed 1-18-1988; Ord. passed 8-17-1992; Ord. passed 3-20-2000; Ord. passed 9-17-2001; Ord. passed 5-20-2002; Ord. passed 6-3-2002; Ord. passed 7-15-2002; Ord. passed 8-5-2002; Ord. passed 5-16-2005; Ord. passed 7-5-2011; Ord. passed 7-2-2012; Ord. passed 4-21-2014; Ord. passed 5-19-2014)