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ILL NO. y�
,INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN
ORDINANCE NO. q u
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI , AMENDING
RDINANCE NO. 7950 OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI ,
ECLARING TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO BE A NUISANCE UNDER
ERTAI,N-CONDITIONS, BY REPEALING SECTIONS 6, 7 AND 8 THEREOF,
ND BY ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW SECTIONS 6 , 7 AND 8
EATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER.
E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
ISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1. Sections 6 , 7 and 8 of Ordinance No. 7950,
f the City of Jefferson, Missouri, be and the same are
ereby repealed.
Section 2,. There are hereby enacted three (3) new
provisions to be known as Sections 6, 7 and 8 authorizing
for the abatement of trees on private property which are
Lclared to be a nuisance, as follows :
I ORDINANCE NO. 7950
Section 6. Abatement of Nuisance By_ City and
Collection of Costs. In any case where a person required
under Sections 1 and 2 hereof cannot be compelled for
any reason to abate the nuisance defined in said Section,
by prosecution under Section 7 hereof, the City, through
{ its contractors and/or agents, may enter upon the
premises, cut the trees and/or branches, and abate such
nuisance. The City shall solicit and take at least two
(2) competitive bids from persons, firms or corporations
engaged in the business of cutting trees and award the
job of cutting the trees and/or branches to the lowest
bidder.
When the contractor selected by the City cuts the
trees and/or branches on the premises where the condition
of nuisance existed, the City shall issue its warrant
to the contractor, in payment for said work, and the
City Clerk shall certify to the City Collector the cost
of the work, and the City Collector shall add the cost
thereof to the tax bill on the real estate involved,
and the cost of cutting the trees and/or branches shall
be collected by the City Collector at the same time and
in the same manner as other taxes on said realty are
collected annually.
Section 7. Failure to Abate Nuisance a Misdemeanor.
Any person notified to cut trees and/or branches within
ten (10) days of such notice, who shall fail to do so
and abate such nuisance within the time specified in
the notice, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not
more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars; and every day
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such nuisance continues after the date specified for
the abatement thereof in the notice provided for in
Section 5, shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense, punishable by a like fine.
Section 8. Right of Entry on Premises. Any
person or contractor employed or contracted by the City
Department of Health for the abatement of a nuisance,
and any agent or employee of such contractor, shall
have the right of entry for that purpose into and upon
any premises, and it shall be unlawful to interfere
with any person or contractor, contracted by the City
Department of Health, for the purpose of sanitary
inspection, or the discovery for abatement of any
nuisance.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after its passage and approval.
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