(a) No owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the corporate limits of the Village, whether improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, within five days of a written notice served upon such person and the owner by the Municipality, shall fail to cut or destroy or cause to cut or be destroyed, any weeds, noxious, poisonous or otherwise, vines, grass or brush growing upon any such lot or parcel of land to a height not exceeding eight inches, in order to prevent the same from blooming or going to seed. (Ord. 1587-18. Passed 7-16-18.)
(b) There is herewith excluded from the operation of subsection (a) hereof any crops under cultivation, flower gardens, rose bushes or any other flowers under cultivation, or native or horticultural plants or native plant communities (such as prairies) planted, from a design, for specific conservation or landscape aesthetics purposes. For residential areas, refer to Chapter 1129. (Ord. 1732-22. Passed 4-25-22.)
(c) In the event the person mentioned in subsection (a) hereof does not trim, remove, or cut any tree, weeds, grass, plant, brush or shrubbery, or any part thereof, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, then the Mayor shall have the authority to have the tree, weeds, grass, plant, brush or shrubbery trimmed, removed or cut and assess the cost against the real estate thereof.
(d) Whenever any tree, plant or shrubbery, or part thereof, or weeds and grasses are growing in any street, public place or upon private property contiguous to a street or sidewalk, or public place, and are trimmed or removed by the Municipality, then, after the work is done, the Municipality shall give five days notice, by regular mail, to the owner of such lot or parcel of land, at his last known address, to pay the cost of such trimming or removal, which notice shall be accompanied by a statement of the amount of cost incurred. In the event the same is not paid within thirty days after the mailing of the notice, such amount shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection the same as other taxes and assessments are collected together with a penalty of ten percent (10%).
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day after the service of notice shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 1587-18. Passed 7-16-18.)