(a) Every person having possession, charge or management of any occupied or unoccupied area shall maintain the area in a sanitary manner and preserve the health and further the welfare of the citizens of the Village by cutting and destroying, or causing to be cut or destroyed, all noxious weeds, plants or other growths, by removing all accumulations of garbage, fallen trees, branches, cans and other debris, or by causing the removal of the accumulations of garbage, fallen trees, branches, cans or other debris, being upon such occupied or unoccupied area.
(b) The Mayor, or his or her representative, is authorized to give notice, in writing, to the person having possession or control of any occupied or unoccupied land, to cut and destroy, or cause to be cut or destroyed, all noxious weeds, plants or other growths, or, further, to remove all accumulations of garbage, fallen tree branches, cans or other debris thereon. Upon failure to comply with such notice within five days, the weeds or other growths shall be cut or destroyed by the Village or the garbage, fallen tree branches, cans and other debris shall be removed by the Village and the cost thereof charged to the owner of such land at a standard rate, which shall be just and equitable and which shall be determined by the Clerk-Treasurer. Upon failure of the owner to pay the cost within ninety days after billing, the cost may be assessed against the land or a civil suit may be instituted at the discretion of the Solicitor. Such assessment or civil suit shall be in addition to any other penalty herein provided.
(Ord. 1971-3. Passed 5-18-71.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Prior Code § 660.14)