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Timestamp: 2019-07-24 04:57:06
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 245', '§ 245', '§10', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§10', '§1', '§2', '§10', '§1', '§3', '§10', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§4', '§5', '§6', '§7', '§ 3']

§ 245.320 Notice To Cut — Failure To Comply — Procedure — Special Tax Bills.
§ 245.340 Applicability of Article To Corporations and Limited Liability Companies.
New Laws (41) Index Notes
Section 245.320 Notice To Cut — Failure To Comply — Procedure — Special Tax Bills.
Section 245.340 Applicability of Article To Corporations and Limited Liability Companies.
[CC 1968 §10-49; Ord. No. 512 §1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 1961 §1, 7-2-1990; Ord. No. 4257 §1, 8-17-2009]
All grasses, annual plants and vegetation, other than trees or shrubs, provided however, this term shall not include cultivated flowers and gardens.
[CC 1968 §10-50; Ord. No. 512 §1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 4257 §2, 8-17-2009]
[CC 1968 §10-51; Ord. No. 512 §1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 4257 §3, 8-17-2009]
[CC 1968 §10-52; Ord. No. 512 §1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 571 §1, 11-1-1971; Ord. No. 2951 §1, 1-20-1997; Ord. No. 4257 §4, 8-17-2009]
Whenever weeds and/or noxious plants, in violation of this Article, are allowed to grow on any part of any lot or ground within the City limits, the owner of the ground, or in case of joint tenancy, tenancy by the entireties or tenancy in common, each owner thereof, shall be liable. The Codes Administrator or his/her designee shall hold a hearing on a business day after four (4) business days' notice thereof, either served personally or sent by United States mail, to the owner or owners or his/her or their agents or by posting such notice on the premises; thereupon the Codes Administrator or his/her designee may declare the weeds and/or noxious plants to be a nuisance and order the same to be abated within five (5) business days of the order; and in case the weeds are not cut down and removed and/or the noxious plants are not removed within the five (5) business days following the order, the Codes Administrator or his/her designee shall have the weeds cut down and removed and/or the noxious plants removed and shall certify the costs of the same together with the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) administrative fee, said administrative fee to increase annually by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for that year, to the City Clerk or Finance Director who shall cause a special tax bill therefore against the property to be prepared and to be collected by the City with other taxes assessed against the property; and the tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be a first (1st) lien on the property until paid and shall be prima facie evidence of the recitals therein and of its validity and no mere clerical error or informality in the same, or in the proceedings leading up to the issuance, shall be a defense thereto. Each special tax bill shall be issued by the City Clerk and delivered to the Finance Department of the City on or before the first (1st) day of June of each year. Such tax bill, if not paid when due, shall, if allowed by law, bear interest at the rate allowed by law.
[Ord. No. 4257 §5, 8-17-2009]
[Ord. No. 4257 §6, 8-17-2009]
Any officer of a corporation or limited liability company or the person in charge of the local office of such corporation or limited liability company, which is the owner of any real property on which weeds or noxious plants stand or grow in violation of this Article, who shall have been notified by notice as provided for in Section 245.320 hereof, upon the failure, neglect or refusal of such corporation or limited liability company to comply with such notice, shall be guilty of violating the provisions of this Article; and notice to the person in charge of the local office or any such officer or registered agent, as shown by the articles of incorporation or formation of such corporation or limited liability company or the latest amendment thereof on file in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the County in which filed or in the file of the office of the Secretary of State, shall constitute notice to such corporation or limited liability company.
[Ord. No. 4257 §7, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 4637 § 3, 12-19-2016]
Any owner, person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Article shall upon conviction be punished by a fine, which fine shall be not less than the minimum amount set out in the following schedule, but not to exceed the amount set out in Section 100.080.C for each violation committed within a twelve-month period beginning with the first offense: