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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN : HAWES
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'•. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, DECLARING
THE PRESENCE OF WEEDS TO BE A NUISANCE, PROVIDING FOR
THE CUTTING OF SAME AND FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE COST
t THEREOF AGAINST THE LAND UPON WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED, AND
REPEALING SECTIONS 1298-1301 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF
f . THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, 1956,RELATING TO THE SAME
r SUBJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, i
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Weeds, nuisance. Weeds and other rank
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vegetation, allowed to grow and stand in this city to a
height in excess of twelve (12) inches at any place within
t' two hundred (200) feet of any lot or tract of land owned
or occupied by another, are hereby deemed and declared to
be a nuisance .
Section 2. Weeds to be cut. It is hereby declared
to be the duty of every person, firm or corporation having
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any right, title orinterest in any lot, parcel or tract
of land within this city, including any lessee or occupant
thereof, or any agent, employee or representative of any
person having any right, title or interest in, or control
of, any occupied or unoccupied lot, parcel or tract of land
' within this city, to cut all weeds and rank vegetation
k' standing thereon under such circumstances as to constitute
a nuisance under the provisions of Section 1 of this ordinance .
Section 3. Notice to abate nuisance. Whenever the
Public Health Inspector finds that a nuisance exists under
3, . Section 1 of this ordinance, he shall serve, or caused to
be served, a written notice on any person, firm or corporation,
required by Section 2 of this ordinance to cut such weeds
and rank vegetation, to abate such nuisance. It shall be
sufficient notification to deposit a copy of said notice
in the United States Mail, first class, postage prepaid,
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and, properly addressed to such person, firm or corporation,
or to Post a copy of the notice upon the premises where
the condition of nuisance exists . If the
person,
firm or
corporation to whom the notice is directed fails or neglects
to cause said weeds and other rank vegetation to be cut and
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removed within five days after the notice has been served
or deposited in the United States mail, or posted upon the
premises, the Public Heal th Inspector shall notify the Street
Commissioner in writing of the existence of such nuisance
+' and the Street Commissioner shall thereupon enter upon the
premises and abate the nuisance by cutting the weeds and other
rank vegetation, and the cost thereof shall be assessed and
collected as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance. When
the Street Commissioner completes the cutting of the weeds
and other rank vegetation, he shall compute the cost thereof
at the rate of two ( .002) mills per square foot for each
square foot of land upon which such weeds and other rank
vegetation has been cut and removed.
Section 4. Collection of costs. The cost of cutting
and removing weeds and other rank vegetation and abating
the nuisance caused thereby shall he assessed and collected
in the following manner:
As soon as the cost has been computed as
provided in Section 3 of this ordinance, the Street Commissioner
shall certify the cost to the Public Health Inspector who
shall notify, by either registered or certified mail, the
owners or occupants of the property, or their agents in
control thereoff, of the cost of such work and request payment
thereof. If payment is not made within thirty days from
the mailing of such notice, the Public Health Inspector shall
submit a written report to the city council, and certify to
same, describing the work which was done and the date
thereof, the property affected thereby and assessed, the names
of the owners and all persons interested in the land affected
on the date that the work was done, and the amount of the
assessment.
If the council finds that the work described
in the report was done and approves the report, which finding
and approval may be by motion duly made and adopted, the
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city clerk shall immediately thereafter issue and deliver to
the city collector special tax bills in payment for the word
signed by the clerk under -the seal of the city. Such special
tax bills shall bear interest at eight per cent per annum
i from sixty days after the date of their issue until paid. All
special tax bills shall become due and payable sixty days
after the date of issue thereof, and every special tax bill
shall be a lien against the land described therein for a
r'= period of ten years from the date of its issuance, unless
sooner paid, or until the expiration of any litigation commenced
to enforce the lien of the special tax bill . Each special
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tax bill shall contain a brief general statement of the facts
authorizing its issue, the amount for which it is issued, a
description of the land against which it is issued, the rate
of interest it bears, and state that it is a special lien
against the land described therein, and give the time that
the lien continues.
Section 5. Repeal clause. Sections 1298--1301 of the
Revised Ordinances of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, 1956,
be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Section 6 . Effective date, This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
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` Passed• K� Approved;--
si en o CZ5uifcil May or
Attest :
C y Clerk
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