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ORDINANCE N0. 74- 32 Introduced by: Mr. Prager AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS WEEDS, VINES, AND UNCONTROLLED GROWTH, REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 69-34 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MAYFIELD, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, STATE OF OHIO, TtIAT: Section 1. No owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the Village of Mayfield, whether the same is improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, shall permit noxious weeds, grass, vines or any deleterious growth exceeding a height of 6" upon any such lot or parcel of land within 100 feet of any public or private roadway, or within 150 feet of any residential dwelling, building, or cemetery. Section 2. Whenever there shall be done or exist within the Village any act or condition of the kind described in Section 1, the Service Director or Building Inspector are authorized and directed to promptly cause its abatement, as hereinafter provided. A. When the nuisance is located on or originates from real estate not owned by the Village, the Service Director or Building Inspector upon finding that the nuisance exists, may cause written notice or order to be served on the owner of the real estate. The notice or order shall set forth the nature of the nuisance, the estimate of the cost of abating same if done by the Village, a reasonable time determined by the Service Director or Building Inspector within which the owner shall abate the nuisance or pay the estimated cost to the Village, and the statement that unless the nuisance is abated within the stated time, it may be abated by the Village, and the cost of abatement assessed on the real estate involved, or the Village may prosecute the owner for failure to comply with the notice or.order. B. The notice may be served by delivering it personally leaving it at the owner's usual place of business or certified mail; by posting it in a conspicuous place involved; or by publishing it once in a newspaper of within the Village if notice cannot be served in any vided herein. to the awner; residence; by on the real estate general circulation other manner pro- C. If the nuisance is not abated within the time required, the Service Director or Building Inspector may cause its abatement and report the cost thereof to Council, which may assess the same on the real estate on which the nuisance existed. Only one notice to the property owner as provided herein shall be necessary in any one growing season. The Service Director or Building Inspector may cause such nuisance to be abated or removed more than once in any growing season as conditions