HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 198-1921 - Require The Destruction Of Weeds And Other Noxous Growth - 03/22/1921oxnirums No. lq.e
AN Ordinance to require the destruction of Weeds and other
noxious growth on, eud the removal of brush, Wire,
cans and other debris from, all property within
the limits of this City; providing for notice to
the owner or person in charge of premises with
such accumulations thereon to destroy or remove
the same; fixing a punishment for f ei lure to so
destroy or remove ; further providing,
if not so removed or destroyed Within a certain time
that a hearing be had by the City Commission to
determine if the said property, by the destruction
or removal of such growth, brush, wire, cans or
other debris, would be benefitted or increased in
value thereby, and, if it is found to be so, that
the City Commission order such premises to be cleaned,
and if not cleaned within zfivw days from such order
that the. City cause same to be com-olied with and the
costs of such compliance be assessed against the
said properj7. and collected as other taxes for
the current year, that the expenditure so incurred
by the City bear interest and be a lien thereon;
and declaring an emergency;
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City
., ..
of Lubbock, Texas;
Section 1. No owner of, or person in charge of,
any property within this City shall permit weeds or
other noxious growth thereon, nor allow the accumulation
of brash,
Wire,
cans or other
debris
on such premisea,
nor permit
any
of the same to
remain
thereon.
Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the
City Health Officer of this City, when it shall appear
to him, or he shall be advised on credible authority,
to file With the City Secretary, in writing, a state—
ment showing the location of such property, the
character of accumulations mentioned in Section 1
hereof, and the apparent owner or person in charge;
and immediately the City ,secretary shall, in writing,
dotify such owner, or the owner, or person in charge
of such property of the fact of such complaint being
filed in his Office, fixing a day not less than Ten
(10) mo r more than Tmmty (20) days from such date
at which time the City Commission will hear the
evidence as to whether or not such accumulation
on such premises are included in Section 1 of this
Ordinance, and if the destruction or removal of such
will be of pecuniary benefit, to -such property, and
if so, to assess the cost of such destruction or removal
as a tax against the said property to be paid as
other taxes.
Section 3. Upon the day appointed for a hearing
in Section 2, the City Shall be represented by its City
Attorney, and the owner or person in charge may be
represented by counsel, whereupon the City Commission
shall determine if the accumulations come within the
purview of Section 1 hereof, if the removal or desetructim
would be of financial benefit to such property, and the
extent of such benefit, if any, and if so found, then
to pass an order or judgment that the same be cleaned
within five days from the date of said order, that if
same not be complied with at the expiration, of such time,
and
that the City cause same to be Gleaned as that the costs
of such cleaning
be
assessed, as other
taxes,
against
the property and
be
entered on the tax
rolls
of the
current year and be a lien thereon, that such costs
bear ten per centum interest from the date of such
entry on the rolls.
Section 4. Any owner or person in charge of
any such property, upon prosecution, found to be
guilty of violating Section 1 of this Urdinance shall
be punished by a fine of not lees than
(* ") dollars nor more than (w•oo
dollars,
Section 5. The fact that the accumulations
mentioned in Section 1 of this Ordinance are a menace
to health and likely to cause or spread fires, creates
an emergency and public necessity that the provision
of the Chatter requiring Ordinances to be read at two
several meetings before passage be suspended, and this
4rdinanee is passed by an unanimous vote on the meeting
of its introduction.
Duly approved this the,ZZ clay of 19214
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