(A) The City of Versailles is hereby authorized to undertake maintenance and management of the common areas of subdivisions located within the city when the owners of the lots within the subdivision fail to provide adequate maintenance of the common areas. The work to be performed by the city in such instances shall be limited to preventing the common area from becoming a nuisance under the city's ordinances.
(B) Once the City Public Works Director has determined that the maintenance of a common area within a subdivision is creating a public nuisance and the Public Works Director has been unsuccessful at locating a homeowners association or other persons or entities who will adequately maintain the common area, the city shall advise the owners of properties on the plat creating the common area in writing that the city will be undertaking the maintenance of the common area and that the cost of such maintenance along with an administrative fee will be assessed pro rata to the property owners on their annual ad valorem tax bills. This notice shall include a provision advising the affected property owners that they may appeal this determination to the Mayor within 30 days after the date of such notice.
(Ord. 2023-4, passed 4-18-23)