(a) Any employee of the Village, or the Mayor, is hereby authorized to cause a written notice to be served upon a landowner, notifying such landowner that weeds growing on his or her land are in violation of this chapter and that such weeds are to be cut and destroyed within seventy-two hours after service of such notice. If such landowner is a nonresident whose address is known, such notice shall be sent to the known address by certified mail. If the address of such landowner is unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish such notice once in any newspaper of general circulation in the County. This section shall not be construed as requiring such notice as a condition precedent to prosecution for a violation of this chapter where the address of the landowner is not known or where service of a notice is reasonably attempted but fails for any reason.
(b) No landowner shall fail to comply with the notice provided for in subsection (a) hereof within the period provided for in such notice.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. Each day (i.e. each twenty-four hour period) that weeds remain uncut after the delivery of the original notice, or the attempt thereof, as provided in this section shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided herein shall be in addition to the equitable remedy provided in Section 680.04.
(Ord. 1997-15. Passed 9-2-97.)