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Home My Public Portal About063-1990- ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC.94.03ORDINANCE NO. 63-1990 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 94.03 OF THE RICHMOND CITY CODE BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana that Section 94.03 of the Richmond City Code be amended as follows: (B)1. Rank vegetation is defined as vegetation growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth. In the case of weeds and grass, vegetation shall be deemed to be rank when it is twelve (12) inches in height or taller. (B) 2. The owner of lots, lands, and parcels of ground within the city shall remove or cause to be removed rocks, stones, debris, trash, and foundation remnants and to cut, remove, and keep under control all weeds and rank vegetation growing on their premises and on the alleys and street parks adjacent thereto. Any property owner who fails to remove weeds and other rank vegetation within five days after notification by the Board of Public Works and Safety or its appointed enforcement officer shall be deemed to be in violation of this section. Notification of a violation may be by certified mail, return receipt requested, or may be served upon the owner by an appointed enforcement officer. One letter within a calendar year shall be deemed by Council to be sufficient notice for each and every lot, parcel, and lands owned by the offender within the corporate limits of the City in case of party's failure to comply with the terms of this section. The City, through such department as authorized by the Board of Public Works and Safety, shall have the right to remove, or cause to be removed, rocks, stones, debris, trash and foundation remnants, and cut and remove weeds and rank vegetation. The itemized bill may be sent to the owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, or may be served upon the owner by an appointed enforcement officer, and the owner shall have ten days from the date of receipt of notification to pay the amount to the City of Richmond. (D) In the event a landowner shall fail to keep weeds and rank vegetation cut and under control, and the City must cut or remove such weeds and rank vegetation twice or more within a six (6) week period, or if the landowner permits weeds and rank vegetation to accumulate to a height of at least one and a half feet, the landowner shall be subject to a fine of not more than fifty ($50.00) dollars for each and every day the offense continues. Such fee shall be in addition to any costs and expenses incurred or assessed as a result of such removal. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana this lat� day of _ LJo % t e , 1990. President of Common C cil ATTEST: City Clerk/ �PRE ENTED by me to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana this J d day of ,1990. City Clerk APPROVED by me, Frank H. Waltermann, M yor of the City of Richmond, Indiana this dday of c 1990. Mayor ATTEST: Citv CIP INTER -OFFICE MEMO CITY OF RICHMOND DATE: August 31, 1990 TO: Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk Jane Brookbank, Common Council President FROM: Bruce Metzger, City Attomeyab RE: Weed Control Ordinance COPY TO: File, Dana Leas, Mayor Waltermann Dana Leas asked me to prepare some amendments to our weed ordinance. The first amendment defines "rank vegetation." It states that any vegetation that is twelve (12) inches in height or taller shall be subject to a notice and cut order from the Weed Enforcement Officer. The second amendment provides a fine in the event that the City is required to cut weeds twice or more within a six (6) week period. The current ordinance provides that the fine does not become payable until the City is required to cut within a four (4) week period. Dana feels that the City is unable, because of logistical reasons, to cut lots twice within a four (4) week period, and hence the current ordinance is difficult to enforce. On behalf of the Planning Department, I am requesting that this ordinance he placed on the Council agenda and be adopted by Council. jbs DISPOSITION OF ORDINANCE NO. 6-3 .199 0 RESOLUTION NO. -199 by Common Council Ordinance No. (e3 Resolution No. — Elstra Lundy Hankinson McBride Parker Hutton Morris Paust Brookbank Date -?Y-Z--.FO Susp. rules Ist read — - Title only — .. ................... 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