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Ordinance No. 55-59-4 v ORDINANCE NO. 5v5 5 c, - `7" 4110 AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING OWNERS OF PROPERTY TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN THE SAME FREE OF UNREASONABLE ACCUMULATION OF WEEDS OR TRASH; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF SUCH CONDITIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH TO CAUSE OFFENDING PREMISES TO BE CLEANED AND ASSESS COSTS THEREOF AGAINST THE PROPERTIES AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA, That Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own, control or occupy any lot, parcel of land or premises in the City of Atlantic Beach to allow weeds to grow up on such lot, parcel of land or premises to a height exceeding twelve inches. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for the occupant, or if there be no occupant, then the owner of any house, store or lot of land to refuse to keep the same clean, or to permit any trash, weeds or any offensive material of any kind to accumulate in or upon such premises. 110 Section 3. When, in the opinion of the City Manager, the public health is impaired by the excessive growth of any thickets, weeds, shrubs, brush or other growths, or the accumulation of trash, or other material liable to be a source of danger to the public health or safety, on any lot, tract or parcel of land within the city, the City Manager shall notify the City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach, of the same at any regular meeting, in writing and if, after due consideration the Commission shall endorse the recommendation of the City Manager, they shall by resolution, order the owner of the land or lot, to clean off, remove or destroy such growth, or accumulation of trash, or other material as aforesaid, within a period of fifteen days after receiving notice of such resolution, which may be served personally, or by publication in any newspaper of general circulation in the city, if personal service cannot be had in the city. Section 4. If any property owner shall fail to comply with the conditions of such resoluticn, the City Cormli.ssion shall have the 4 ckets, weeds, shrubs, brush, cr trash removed, and assess the cost of such removal against the property, including the cost of publication or s<=�rvice of process, which assessment shall be a lien against the property and shall be collected as other taxes or assessments. I If • Section 5. The amount of cost which have been levied and assessed by the city, under the provisions of this ordinance against any piece or parcel of land, shall not exceed the sum of $ /mac©o per year upon any lot the size of fifty by one hundred feet. Pieces or parcels of land of a greater or lesser size which shall be assessed per year not to exceed a sum greater or lesser in the same proportion, according to the size thereof. Section 6. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage on final reading. Passed by the City Commission on first reading on .iC'e.c /t1959. passed by the City Commission on second and final reading on eco tL , 1959. Attest: acap_v_.& / . ,. Adele S. Grage, City ClerI (SEAL) Pcr--,t--,e-s2-e0 6-y 8- 7-1 '''--Y)'''''`-*4-- --"'-- xt-<----<---ek r 0 ` , - • ge....)27 / y� � " 741/4 v M