(A) Every owner, tenant or occupant of private property within the City shall cut and remove the weeds and grass and clean and remove rubbish as often as necessary to keep the property neat, and to prevent weeds from seeding on said private property to the center of any street or alley along or in front of such property, including the parking within and the curbing abutting such property. (Ord. 2009, 4-6-1981)
(B) Should any owner, tenant or occupant of private property within the City fail or neglect to cut or remove the weeds, grass and rubbish as herein required, the City may then have its proper officers or employees cut and remove the weeds, grass and rubbish and assess the cost of such cutting and removal against such property and the same shall be a lien thereon. Such assessment to be certified to the County Assessor or other proper County officer having charge of making up of the assessment rolls and such assessment to be placed on the assessment rolls and collected in the same manner as other Municipal taxes are collected. (1958 Code, ch. VI, art. 8)
(C) The City, through its employees, may issue warning notices for any violation of this Section. If the violation is not corrected by the reinspection date set on the warning notice, a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be assessed for the first violation, two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the second violation, and three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the third and subsequent violations during the same calendar year. (Ord. 2516, 1-22-1996)
(D) In addition to the civil penalties enumerated in Paragraph (C), violation of this Section is a misdemeanor punishable by up to sixty (60) days in jail and/or a three hundred dollar ($300.00) fine. Economic costs incurred by the city or another party expended to bring the property into compliance with this section may be charge as restitution in the criminal case. (Ord. 2022-014, 8-1-2022)