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Bill Re: Rezoning of 965 Midland Page 42 of 3 <br />INTRODUCED BY: DATE: <br /> <br />8909 <br />BILL NO. ORDINANCE NO.: <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.40 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY <br />MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO WEEDS, BY REPEALING SECTION 8.40.030 <br />THEREOF, RELATING ABATEMENT OF WEEDS—SPECIAL TAX BILL <br />CONSTITUTES LIEN, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE <br />KNOWN AS “SECTION 8.40.030 ABATEMENT OF WEEDS—SPECIAL TAX BILL <br />CONSTITUTES LIEN,” THEREBY AMENDING SAID SECTION SO AS TO <br />AUTHORIZE WEED ABATEMENT AFTER FIVE DAYS IF THE PROPERTY WAS <br />PREVIOUSLY IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 8.40 DURING THE SAME GROWING <br />SEASON, AND TO MAKE THE PROVISIONS IN CHAPTER 8.24 AVAILABLE IN <br />CERTAIN CASES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A <br />PENALTY. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, <br />AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. Chapter 8.40 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to <br />weeds, is hereby amended by repealing Section 8.40.030 thereof, relating to <br />abatement of weeds—special tax bill constitutes lien, and enacting in lieu thereof a <br />new section to be known as “Section 8.40.030 Abatement of weeds—Special tax bill <br />constitutes lien,” so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: <br /> <br /> Section 8.40.030 Abatement of weeds—Special tax bill constitutes lien. <br /> <br /> A. Whenever weeds, in violation of Sections 8.40.010 or 8.40.020, are <br />allowed to grow on any part of any lot or ground within the city, the <br />owner of the ground, or in case of joint tenancy, tenancy by the <br />entireties or tenancy in common, each owner thereof shall be liable. <br />The city manager or his or her designee shall give a hearing after ten <br />days’ notice thereof, either personally or by United States mail to the <br />owner or owners, or his or her or their agents, or by posting such notice <br />on the premises; thereupon the city manager or designee may declare <br />the weeds to be a nuisance and order the same to be abated within five <br />days; and in case the weeds are not cut down and removed within the <br />five days, the city manager or designee may have the weeds cut down <br />and removed, and shall certify the costs of the same to the city clerk, <br />who shall cause a special tax bill therefor against the property to be <br />prepared and to be collected by the director of finance, with other taxes <br />assessed against the property; and the tax bill from the date of its <br />issuance shall be a first lien on the property until paid and shall be <br />prima facie evidence of the recitals therein and of its validity, and no <br />mere clerical error or informality in the same, or in the proceedings <br />leading up to the issuance, shall be a defense thereto. Each special tax <br />bill shall be issued by the city clerk and delivered to the director of <br />finance on or before the first day of June of each year. Such tax bills if <br /> <br /> <br />