The owner or owners of any lot, and the occupants or agents having control of any lot or premises either by the management thereof or the sale thereof within the city, are required to remove all trees, plants, shrubs or other vegetation, or parts thereof, which overhang any sidewalk or street and are growing in such manner as to obstruct or otherwise render hazardous the full use of such sidewalk or street, and are further required to remove all growth of weeds to exceed one foot in height, or any rank vegetable growth which exhales unpleasant or noxious odors or which constitutes a fire hazard or other menace to public health, safety or welfare.
(1958 code § 5.58.010)
It shall be the duty of the city to investigate all of the properties on all the streets in the city, and if it finds any growth of weeds to exceed one foot in height, or any rank vegetable growth, whether on occupied or vacant land, or on parking strips in front of such lots, or any growth of horticultural products or otherwise which constitutes a fire hazard or other menace to public health, safety or welfare, to immediately give written notice notifying the occupant, agent, owner, or anyone in control of the property, to remove the weeds or any rank vegetable growth thereon within five days, if any such owner, occupant or agent having control of any lot as hereinabove provided resides within the city. If such person is not a resident, notice shall be given as provided by Chapter 8.32 RMC.
(1958 code § 5.58.020)
In the event that any owner, occupant or agent having control of any such lot, parking strip or premises, as set forth in this chapter, neglects or refuses to remove the same upon notice duly given as provided in this chapter, then the city is authorized and instructed to employ labor and immediately cut and remove such vegetable growth or weeds, and shall keep strict account of the cost of removal of such vegetable growth or weeds, and shall render a statement of the same together with a description of the property to the clerk/treasurer of the city, who shall thereupon make a charge against the property for the labor so performed; and the charge shall be and become a lien against the real estate upon which the labor was performed, and the lien shall be a first lien, to be collected the same as taxes or street improvements or street assessments against the property, as provided for by law. The city clerk/treasurer shall certify the charge to the county treasurer for the purpose of having the same entered upon the tax rolls against such lands for the current year.
(1958 code § 5.58.030)