HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1808BILL NO 8
ORDINANCE NO. 1808
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
CALDWELL, STATE OF IDAHO, BY DELETING AND ADDING CERTAIN
LANGUAGE IN SECTIONS 3 AND 4, CHAPTER 4, TITLE VIII
PERTAINING TO CITY MAY CAUSE CLEAN UP OF WEEDS AND CHARGE
AGAINST PROPERTY AND PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS: REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CALDWELL, COUNTY OF CANYON, STATE OF IDAHO:
Section 1. That Section 3, Chapter 4, Title VIII, of the
Municipal Code of the City of Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, be
amended as follows:
8 -4 -3: CITY MAY CAUSE CLEAN UP OF WEEDS AND CHARGE AGAINST
PROPERTY: Every person owning, managing, occupying, renting,
leasing, or using property within the City limits of Caldwell
shall keep weeds over eight inches (8 ") in height continuously
destroyed, weeded out and cut down. The Mayor or City Council
may, five (5) days after notice, cause weed removal, obliteration
or cutting as often as necessary, on lots, lands or premises not
in compliance. The expenses of Such work shall be assessed
against the property involved as general taxes and collectible as
other general State, County and Municipal taxes.
Section 2. That Section 4, Chapter 4, Title VIII, of the
Municipal Code of the City of Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, be
amended as follows:
8 -4 -4: PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS: Any person owning,
managing, or occupying any lots, lands or premises within such
incorporated limits of the City who shall, after notice, fail,
refuse or neglect to continuously keep weeded out, cut down,
obliterated or destroyed, the herein described weeds, grasses and
growths in the manner prescribed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8 -4 -2 shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor. The Building Official or his designee shall have
the a uthority to issue tickets to violators of Section 8_4 -2.
Any person convicted of a violation of this Section shall be
fined in a sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100) and not
to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300) for any one offense and
such person may be confined in jail for a period of not more than
thirty (30) days. Either or both such fine and imprisonment may
be imposed.
In addition to the abov crimina penal ties, shoul the City
cause removal and disposal of refuse or other items as o ften as
necessary on lot lands, or p remise s not in complia such
work shall be billed and paid at 200% of actual expense to th e
prop owner involved. The Court shall order payment to the
Ci f of the above cost as a condi of any probation gr in
a criminal proceeding. Failure of a Defendant to pay within the
prescribed period may be enforced 12y the City within the Courts.
Section 3. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication according to
law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL THIS
17th DAY OF April , 1989.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL THIS 17th
DAY OF April , 1989.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk,/