Section 8.18.040 Failure to comply.
Upon failure, neglect or refusal to maintain the prohibited areas free from
weeds, long grass, or
other rank growth during the prescribed period, the city shall give notice to the noncomplying
owner or occupant thereof. Such notice shall provide as a minimum:
A. That the noncomplying owner, or occupant thereof,
is allowed seven days from the date of
notice of noncompliance to exterminate or remove of offending vegetation;
B. That upon failure to comply the city may by its own
work forces or by contract cause the
offending vegetation to be abated, exterminated, removed or cut and the cost thereof shall be
assessed against the noncomplying real property together with an additional administrative cost
equal to twenty-five (25) percent of the cost of removal;
C. That the assessed amount together with costs and penalties
shall constitute a lien on the
noncomplying real property and will be taxed as a special assessment against the real property.
(Ord. 171 (part), 2000)
