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1775.01 WEED, TALL GRASS, NUISANCE VEGETATION OR GROWTHS
<br />OVER SIDEWALKS REMOVAL.
<br />(a) The owner, occupant or person having the charge or management
<br />of any lot or parcel of land situated within the City, whether the same be
<br />improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, within forty-eight hours of notice
<br />to do so, shall cut or destroy, or cause to be cut or destroyed, any noxious or
<br />poisonous weeds, including but not limited to Russian, Canadian or common
<br />thistle, all wild lettuce, wild mustard, wild parsley, ragweed, milkweed,
<br />chickweed, wild garlic, quackgrass, dodders, wild carrot, common cockle, docks,
<br />chicory ,tall grasses or other undesirable vegetation, growing upon such lot or
<br />parcel of land, and prevent the same from blooming or going to seed, or
<br />exceeding a height of six inches or spreading pollen which may be harmful to
<br />human health, or creating a fire ~iazard or refuge and breeding place for rodents
<br />and other vermin.
<br />(b) The owner, occupant or person having the charge or management
<br />of any lot or parcel of land situated within the City, whether the same be
<br />improved or unimproved, vacant or occuppied, within forty-eight hours of notice
<br />to do so, shall cut or destroy, or cause to be cut or destroyed, any limbs of trees,
<br />branches, bushes shrubs, briars, or vines that project over any sidewalk so as to
<br />interfere with or deprive pedestrians of the free and full use of such sidewalk.
<br />(c) If the owner, occupant or person having the charge or
<br />management of any lot or parcel of land does not cut or destroy or cause to be
<br />cut or destroyed, noxious weeds, grasses, limbs, branches, bushes, shrubs,
<br />briars or vines as provided herein, the Mayor, Director of Public Safety, or his or
<br />her designee is authorized to cause to be cut or destroyed such noxious weeds
<br />or grasses.
<br />(d) When any such noxious weeds, grasses, limbs, branches, bushes,
<br />shrubs, briars or vines are cut or destroyed by the City as provided herein, then
<br />after such work is performed, the City shall give five days' notice to the owner,
<br />occupant or person having the charge or management of such lot or parcel of
<br />land, at his known address, to pay the cost of such cutting or destroying of
<br />noxious weeds or grasses, which notice shall be accompanied by a statement of
<br />the amount of cost incurred. If the same is not paid within thirty days after the
<br />mailing of the notice, such amount may be certified to the County Auditor for
<br />collection as other taxes and assessments are collected in accordance with Ohio
<br />R.C. 731.54, or the City may seek recovery of such costs by civil action against
<br />the property owner involved.
<br />(e) If the violation of this section consists of uncut and growing grass
<br />and weeds, only one notice to the properly owner or other responsible party
<br />shall be necessary in any one calendar year and the Director of Public Safety
<br />may cause such nuisance to be abated or removed mote than once in any
<br />calendar year as conditions may require.
<br />(f) When it is deemed necessary to cut and destroy weeds or grasses
<br />on private property, in accordance with the provisions of this
<br />section, the .owner shall be charged at the rate of one hundred
<br />dollars ($100.00) per employee per hour or portion thereof, or the
<br />actual cost of such work, whichever is the larger. Actual costs shall
<br />include administration and supervision, transportation of
<br />equipment, equipment use, equipment operator, incidental labor,
<br />contractor charges, and any other costs an charges associated with
<br />mailing and/or publishing notices. The minimum charge for each
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