(a) When the City Manager or his or her designated agent determines that the grass, noxious weeds, or untended, rank, and unmanaged growth of vegetation exist in violation of the requirements of Section 553.01, the City Manager shall order the maintaining, cutting, and/or removal of such offending grass, noxious weeds, or untended, rank, and unmanaged growth of vegetation by taking one or both of the following courses of action:
(1) Those properties found to be in violation of Section 553.01 shall have a placard conspicuously placed in the front of the property for a period of seven days. Said placard shall be of a size, shape, and color to be clearly visible and shall contain the following information:
A. The nature of the code violation;
B. An order to maintain, cut and/or remove the grass, noxious weeds, or untended, rank, and unmanaged growth of vegetation;
C. A statement indicating that should the property owner fail to comply with the order, the City will cause the grass, noxious weeds, or untended, rank, and unmanaged growth of vegetation to be maintained, cut and/or removed at the owner's expense of removal plus a fee.
D. The penalties provided for removing the placard before bringing the property into compliance.
E. Contact information of the appropriate City agency.
Such placard shall remain on the property until the property is brought into compliance with Section 553.01. Removal of the placard before the property complies with Section 553.01 shall constitute a violation of this section and subject to a three hundred dollar ($300.00) penalty. Unless the provisions of Section 553.02(a)(2) are initiated at the sole option of the City Manager, the placement of the placard, as provided for herein shall serve as the sole and official notice of violation of Section 553.01.
(2) In lieu of, or in addition to, the placement of the placard, as provided for in Section 553.02(a)(1), at the sole discretion of the City Manager or his or her agent, a written violation notice may be mailed via USPS regular mail to the person or entity which is the owner of record of the offending parcel, lot or land to the address currently on file at the Shelby County Auditor's office at the time the violation is found to exist. Written notice of violation will be mailed no more than one time during any calendar year. Service of such written notice of violation shall be deemed to have been affected upon placement of such written notice of violation into any USPS postal delivery receptacle.
(Ord. A-1554. Passed 3-24-86; Ord. A-2420. Passed 3-28-05; Ord. A-2716. Passed 2-27-12.)