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<br />Ordinance No. 2003-98
<br />In the event the owner cioes not trim or remove any tree, plant or shrubbery, or
<br />any part thereof, or any weeds, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the
<br />Director of Public Service is hereby authorized and it shall be his duty to enforce the
<br />provisions of this chapter, to cause such tree, plant or shrubbery, or part thereof, to be
<br />trimmed or removed, and to cut and remove all weeds."
<br />Be amended, and, as amended, shall read as follows:
<br />"949.03 CUTTING AND TRIlVIlVIING REQUIRED.
<br />(a) No owner, lessee, occupant or other person having the charge or
<br />management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the City, whether improved or
<br />unimproved, vacant or occupied, shall cause, permit, or suffer:
<br />(1) Any lawn or grass, weed, or vine tQ grow to a height in excess of
<br />eigk siz inches upon said lot or parcel;
<br />(2) Any noxious or poisonous weeds or vines, as defined by the Ohio
<br />Department of Agriculture at Section 901:5-31-01 of the Ohio
<br />Administrative Code, to grow upon said lot or parcel;
<br />(3) Any tree, plant, grass or shrubbery or part thereof to grow upon
<br />said lot or parcel in an untrimmed condition.
<br />(b) The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to any undeveloped lot or
<br />parcel in its natural condition which is either one acre or larger in area, or abuts either I-
<br />480 or land which is part of the Metroparks System.
<br />949.04 NOTICE; BIMONTHLY INSPECTIONS; RIGHT TO APPEAL.
<br />(a) At any time the conditions specified in Section 949.03 exist, the Service
<br />Department shall serve upon the owner, occupant or person having charge or
<br />management of any lot or parcel of land, written notice by personal service either
<br />delivered to the said owner, occupant or person having charge or management, or
<br />by leaving a copy of the written notice posted at the property, that within fiveday
<br />forty-eight (48) hours the condition sheuld must be abated. Th° ne':e° sh°"b°b,
<br />(b) In addition to the provisions with respect to the notice in subsection (a)
<br />hereof, the City shall notify the said ovYner peFSeoccupant or person having charge or
<br />management of any lot or parcel of land, by regular mail, on or before May 1 of each year
<br />following any year during which a violation of Section 949.03 occurred, informing
<br />such party that the City will conduct regular inspections of eaeh the said lot or parcel of
<br />land within the City, bimonthly, and will cause the trimming or removal of any tree,
<br />plant, shrubbery, or grass and weeds, as the need for such tnmming and removal arises,
<br />and shall charge the owners the cost of removal and trimming, as determined by the
<br />Director of Public Service.
<br />(c) Any person, occupant or person having charge or management of any lot
<br />or parcel of land, who has received a notice of abatement pursuant to paragraph (a) or a
<br />notice of inspection pursuant to paragraph (b) above, may appeal the notice to abeAe
<br />to the Director of Public Service. Such notice of appeal must be m writing, signed by
<br />such owner pefsen, occupant or person having charge or management of the lot or parcel,
<br />and must be filed at the Director's office within five days following the date of the notice
<br />e€-a,katemein from the City. The Director, within ten days after the filing of any notice
<br />of appeal, shall proceed to hear the appeal, at which hearmg all interested parties shall be
<br />afforded an opportunity to be heard. If the appellant demonstrates either that the
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