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If any of the branches of any tree obstruct the light from any of the street lights of the City such branches shall be so trimmed as to interfere as little as possible with such light, and to the satisfaction of the City Administrator. If the owner of any such tree fails or refuses to comply with this section the Administrator shall cause such trimming to be done at the expense of the owner.
(1951 Code Sec. 23.9)
(a) No property owner or resident shall fail to keep weeds and/or grass on their property or residence mowed or cut to a maximum height of six (6) inches. Each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(b) Upon written information, or upon verbal notice verified personally or upon written verification by a member of the Police Department, or a supervisory employee of the Street Department, that noxious weeds or grass is growing on land within the City and is about to spread or mature seeds, the City Administrator shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of such land that such weeds or grass shall be cut to a maximum height of six inches and such weeds shall be destroyed within five days of service of such notice. Such notice may be made by certified mail, served personally or left at the address of such person having charge of the land with any adult person at such address, or by physically attaching it to the residence door. If a party is served personally, or by other notice as above described, such fact shall be reported to the City Administrator. The notice shall, in addition to instructing the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of such land to cause the immediate mowing of grass, and mowing and destruction of the noxious weeds, inform such person or persons that failure to respond shall permit the City to cause the mowing or removal of such weeds or grass after the lapse of five days, and cost of such work shall be charged to the owners, lessees, agents or person having charge of such land.
(c) The charges thus made shall be based upon a schedule for such work prepared by the City Administrator and available for public inspection. The schedule shall be related reasonably to wages of personnel and the hourly value of equipment used to perform the mowing and/or destruction of the noxious weeds or grass. Upon completion of the work, the City Administrator shall submit a bill payable within ten days of the amount charged.
(Ord. 02-10. Passed 3-4-02.)
Any police officer, Clerk of Council or a deputy may make service and return of the notice provided for in Section 931.12. The fees therefor shall be the same as are allowed for service and return of summons in civil cases before a magistrate.
(Ord. 2205. Passed 7-20-64.)
If the lessee, tenant or agent having charge of the lands fails to comply with the notice provided for in Section 931.12, the City will cause grass to be cut and/or the noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed, and the expenses so incurred shall be approved by Council and paid out of any money in the City’s treasury not otherwise appropriated.
(Ord. 98-48. Passed 7-6-98.)
(a) The City shall cause to be made a written return to the County Auditor of their action with a statement of charges for cutting and destroying trees, noxious weeds, the amount paid for the performance of such labor, and the fees of the officers who made the service and return of the notice and a proper description of the premises with the request that such amount be entered upon the tax duplicate as a lien upon such lands from and after the date of entry to be collected as other taxes and returned to the Municipality according to law.
(b) In the alternative, any bill submitted to the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of the premises, shall be paid to the City within ten days. Should the bill not be paid within ten days, the Director of Law, or the Assistant Director of Law, may, in the name of the City, institute a civil action in Tiffin Municipal Court for the collection of the debt, and if judgment is obtained, may take such steps as the law permits to collect on the judgment.
(c) If the City, having successfully obtained judgment for the cost of services rendered, is unable to collect on such judgment, then the full amount of the judgment may be certified to the County Auditor in the same manner as provided in subsection (a) hereof.
(Ord. 80-43. Passed 8-4-80.)
(a) No person shall plant any tree or shrub upon any public way, street, alley or City property unless he has first obtained a planting permit in writing from the City Administrator specifying the size, type, species and location on the public way, street, alley or City property of the tree or shrub to be planted.
(b) The Administrator shall have the authority to deny a planting permit to any person applying for such permit to plant upon a public way, street, alley or City property any tree or shrub found by the Shade Tree and Beautification Commission to be undesirable as to size, type or species or for the proposed planting location. The Administrator may also deny a planting permit to any person applying for such permit to plant upon a public way, street, alley or City property any tree or shrub, if the Shade Tree and Beautification Commission determines that the proposed location is not suitable for the planting of trees or shrubs.
(Ord. 92-37. Passed 6-15-92.)
(c) Undesirable trees upon public ways, streets or alleys are as follows:
(1) Box-Elder (Acer Negundo)
(2) Silver Maple (Acer Saccharinum)
(3) Catalpa (Catalpa Speciosa)
(4) Mulberry (Morus Alba)
(5) Poplars, all kinds (Populus)
(6) Black Locust (Robinia Pseudoacacia)
(7) Willows, all kinds (Salix)
(8) Chinese Elm (Ulmus Pumila)
(9) Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus Altissima)
(10) Callery Pear (Pyrus Calleryana)
(Ord. 20-96. Passed 10-19-20.)
(Ord. 80-43. Passed 8-4-80.)