(A) The City Engineer is hereby authorized and empowered to notify, in writing, the owner proprietor, occupant, agent and/or tenant(s) of any premises, to remove solid waste, yard waste, special refuse and/or recyclable (“waste or recyclables”) which has accumulated on such premises and not disposed of in compliance with this chapter (unless the same is on the abutting public property, or public rights-of-way, in which no notice is required). Such notice shall be hand delivery or first class mail, addressed to said owner and/or tenant(s) at the last known address.
(B) If wastes are not removed from the premises within six days after the date of mailing of such notice, or if the wastes are on abutting public property or public rights-of-way, the City Engineer is hereby authorized and empowered to contract and pay for the removal of the waste or to order the removal by the city.
(C) When the city has effected the removal of such waste or has paid for its removal, the actual cost thereof shall be charged to the owner(s) of the premises and forwarded to such owner(s) by the city, and said charge shall be due and payable upon receipt.
(D) Where cost of removal is not paid by an owner(s) after the removal of such waste as set forth herein, then the City Engineer shall deliver to the City Clerk a copy of all said statements which are delinquent more than 60 days. The Clerk shall present all such statements to the Council. The Council shall audit and, if correct, it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to certify it forthwith to the City Assessor. All expenditures represented by said accounts shall be severally spread upon the tax roll next in preparation, levied on the land on which such expenditures were made, be a lien and collected in the same manner as other taxes.
(Prior Code, § 14-13) (Ord. 965, passed 5-10-1993)