(a) The owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the corporate limits, whether the same is improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, within five days written notice to do so, served upon him in conformity with Ohio R.C. 731.52, shall cut any grass within a lawn exceeding a height of eight inches, and shall cut or destroy or cause to be cut or destroyed any noxious or poisonous weeds or vines growing upon any such lot or parcel of land and prevent the same from blooming or going to seed or exceeding a height of eight inches.
(b) If the owner, occupant or person having charge or management of any lot or parcel of land within the corporate limits fails to cut and destroy or cause to be cut and destroyed any weeds and vines as ordered hereunder, the Village Manager is hereby authorized to order and pay for the cutting or to order the cutting or removal by the Municipality. (Ord. 2009-22. Passed 8-10-09; Ord. 2010-45. Passed 12-20-10.)
(c)
When the Municipality has effected the removal of the weeds or other noxious growth or has paid for their destruction or removal, the actual cost thereof shall be certified and the Director of Finance shall mail a statement of costs or charges to the property owner, or his agent, for payment. If payment is not received within ten days thereafter, interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per year shall accrue thereon.
(d) Where the full amount due the Municipality is not paid by such owner within twenty days after the work is performed under this section, the Director of Finance shall take such steps as are required to perfect the charges and costs as a tax lien pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.54.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2009-22. Passed 8-10-09; Ord. 2010-45. Passed 12-20-10.)