[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of East Hills 9-12-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983 as Ch. 79 of the 1983
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any land in the Village
to maintain or permit to remain thereon any ragweed, poison ivy or
other poisonous or harmful weed or plant.
It shall be the duty of the owner of any land in the Village
to destroy any poison ivy, ragweed or other poisonous or harmful weed
or plant thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying or holding
real estate to allow or maintain on any lot within the corporate limits
of the Village any growth of grass or weeds to a height over six inches,
and such growth of grass or weeds is hereby declared to be a nuisance
injurious to the public interest and public health.
In case any owner of land in the Village fails to comply with
the provisions of this chapter, the Village Clerk shall cause to be
served upon him or her by mail a written notice requiring such owner
to comply with such provisions. If such owner fails, neglects or refuses
so to comply within five days after service of such notice, the Superintendent
of Public Works shall cause the condition to be abated. In any such
case, such owner shall pay to the Village all costs in connection
with such abatement within 30 days after the completion thereof. Upon
the failure of such owner so to pay such costs, the Superintendent
of Public Works shall certify such costs to the Assessors of the Village,
and thereupon such costs shall become and be a lien upon the land
involved and levied upon such land and shall bear interest at the
same rate as and be collected and enforced in the same manner as taxes.
The provisions of this section with respect to costs shall be in addition
to any penalty imposed by this Code for violation or noncompliance
with any provision of this chapter.
