In addition to and apart from any penalty provided in this chapter, the Service Director or Building Commissioner or both are hereby authorized to cause a written notice to be served at the last known residence or place of business of the owner, occupant or person having control of the property, notifying him or her that noxious weeds are growing and/or accumulating on such property and that they must be cut and disposed of within three days after the service of such notice. Each such notice shall describe by street and number or sublot number, the premises which it purports to cover, and shall state, with as much particularity as possible under the circumstances, the exact location and nature of the conditions giving rise to such nuisance. If the owner or person in control of the lot or land fails to abate the nuisance after being so notified, such nuisance shall be abated by the Service Director through the City's employees or by a private contractor under the direction of the Service Director. The full cost and expense of abating such nuisance, plus a penalty of $100.00 for the first offense and $200.00 for the second offense and all others thereafter shall be charged to the owner, occupant or person having control of the property, as applicable, payable in cash within ten days from the date of delivery of the bill to the owner, occupant or person having control of the property. In the event of default of payment the total bill shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection in the same manner as other taxes and assessments are assessed and collected. Assessments against more than one parcel of land and separate owners may be combined in one assessing ordinance, provided the assessment of any individual parcel is limited to the work performed on that parcel.
(1982 Code, § 921.04) (Ord. 69-53. Passed 6-2-1969; Ord. 2008-55. Passed 10-6-2008; Ord. 2013-51. Passsed 10-7-2013.)