Ordinance No. 64

An Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 61 (section p) - Nuisances and Offensive Conditions

(P) Vegetation.  All weeds or plants declared to be primary noxious weeds or secondary noxious weed by the state Weed Board, and all other grass growing upon any lot or parcel of land in the city to greater height than seven (7) inches or which have gone or are about to go to seed.  Fallen tree limbs, dead trees and dead tree limbs, which in the opinion of the Mayor or any member of the city council constitute a health, safety, or fire hazard, are declared to be a nuisance condition.  This section does not prohibit the cultivation of garden crops.

Section 5. Abatement by City: Costs Levied Against Premises.  When there exists on private property a condition that has been determined a nuisance by the Mayor or any member of the City Council, a notice will be served in the manner specified in Section 3 above.  The notice will describe the matter to be removed and require removal thereof with fourteen (14) days, with the exception of section P – Vegetation.  Vegetation must be compliant with seven (7) days.  If at the end of the specified time period the nuisance has not been removed or corrected, the city shall cause the correction or removal and disposition.  All costs incurred by the City for the removal and disposition of the nuisance or for correcting the nuisance, shall be assed, levied, and collected as a special assessment payable in one sum or by up to five (5) equal annual installments, as the City Council nay provide, against the premises from which it was removed, in the manner provided by law for the levy and collection of other special assessments.

1st Reading November 3, 2008
2nd Reading December 3rd 2008
Published:  ________________

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Mark Chada, Mayor