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"949.03 CUTTING AND TRIMMING REQUIRED. (a) No owner, lessee, occupant or other person having the charge or managemerit of any lot or parcel of land situated within the City, whether improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, shall cause, permit, or suffer: (1) any lawn or grass, weed, or vine to grow to a height in excess of eight inches upon said lot or parcel; (2) any noxious or poisonous weeds or vines, as defined by the Ohio Department of Agiculture at Section 901:5-31-01 ofthe Ohio Administrative Code, to grow upon said lot or parcel; (3) any tree, plant, grass or shrubbery or part thereof to grow upon said lot or parcel in an untrimmed condition. (b) The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to any undeveloped lot or parcel in its natural condition which is either one acre or larger in area, or abuts either I-480 or land which is part of the Metroparks System." 949.04 NOTICE; BIMONTHLY INSPECTIONS; RIGHT TO APPEAL. (a) At any time the conditions specified in Section 949.03 exist, the Service Department shall serve upon the owner, occupant or person having charge, notice that within five days the condition should be abated. The notice shall be by registered mail and in conformity with Ohio R.C. 731.52. (b) In addition to the provisions with respect to the notice in subsection (a) hereof, the City shall notify the person, occupant or person having charge or management of any lot or parcel of land, by regular mail, on or before May 1, of each year informing such party that the City will conduct regular inspections of each lot or parcel of land within the City, bimonthly, and will cause the trimrning or removal of any tree, plant, shrubbery or grass and weeds, as the need for such trimming and removal arises, and shall charge the owners the cost of removal and trimming, as determined by the Director of Public Service. (c) Any person, occupant or person having charge or management of any lot or parcel of land, who has received a notice of abatement pursuant to paragraph (a) above, may appeal the notice to abate to the Director of Public Service. Such notice of appeal must be in writing, signed by such person, occupant or person having charge or management of the lot or parcel, and must be filed at the Director's office within five days following the date of the notice of abatement. The Director, within ten days after the filing of any notice of appeal, shall proceed to hear the appeal, at which hearing all interested parties shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard. If the appellant demonstrates either that the condition of his lot or parcel does not violate any provision of Section 949.03, or that the condition of the lot or parcel does not pose any immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare of owners of surrounding properties, then the Director shall, as appropriate, either modify or annul the notice of abatement. No action, pursuant to Section 949.05 or 949.06 of this Chapter, to enforce any notice of abatement issued shall be taken while an appeal pursuant to this 2