(a) After the passage of the resolution, notice of a public hearing on the matter shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested, mailed 21 days prior to the date of the hearing and shall inform the owner of the time, date, and place of the hearing and the reason for the hearing. The notice shall be mailed to the owner of the property as the information appears on record in the office of the tax assessor.
(b) All notices shall carry a list of names of persons or private contractors, or both, who perform the work and are registered with the municipal clerk. The names shall not constitute a recommendation and the failure to include a list shall in no way affect the operation of this article.
(c) Notice shall also be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the municipality once a week for two consecutive weeks, or if no newspaper is published in the municipality, notice shall be posted in three public places located in the municipality for at least 21 days prior to the hearing.
(d) In addition, two signs shall be conspicuously posted on the property. The wording of the signs shall not be less than one inch in height and shall be in substantially the following form:
| NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS | |
Notice is hereby given that on the ___day of___, 20_ at ___ A.M./P.M. in the council chamber, the council of the Municipality of ____ will consider a resolution regarding the weeds growing upon or in front of the property ___ Street, in the Municipality of ____, and more particularly described in the resolution, a copy of which is on file in the office of the municipal clerk; and at that time and place will determine whether the weeds constitute a public nuisance which shall be abated by removal of the noxious or dangerous weeds; and, if so, will order the abatement and removal of the nuisance. If abatement and removal are ordered, the cost of abatement and removal shall be assessed upon the lots and lands from which or in front of which the weeds are removed, and the cost shall be added to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and lands for municipal purposes. The costs shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected. The costs shall be subject to the same commissions and fees and the same procedure for foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes.
If no objections are filed with the municipal clerk at least five days before the meeting of the council and unless the person appears before the council in person or through his or her representative to show cause, if any, why his or her objection should be sustained, it shall be presumed that the person accepts the notice as fact and waives any rights he or she may have to contest the removal of the weeds and the action of the council shall be final unless good and sufficient cause can be otherwise shown.
Reference is hereby made to the resolution, on file in the office of the municipal clerk, for further particulars.
Dated this ___ day of ____, 20__.
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Name of Municipality
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City Clerk
(e) The notice shall be posted at least seven days prior to the time for hearing objections by the governing body of the municipality.
Last modified: May 3, 2021