§ 3-3-2. Nuisances.

(a)

Declaration of nuisance . The following is hereby deemed and declared to be a nuisance, hazard, and a health detriment within a cemetery: rubbish, garbage, trash, debris, brush, weeds, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, dead, dying or diseased trees and limbs, vegetation which overhangs or encroaches upon adjoining lots, walkways, roads, streets, or easements, or which threatens to or does damage any grave markers, monuments, or graves.

(b)

Prohibition . It shall be unlawful for any owner or owners, or their heirs or agents, as the case may be, having control of any lot or parcel of land within a cemetery located within the corporate limits of the city, to permit or allow on any such lot or parcel of land any material or condition set forth in subsection (a).

(c)

Abatement of nuisance . It shall be the duty of the owner or owners, or their heirs or agents, as the case may be, to abate such nuisances as are described herein, and upon failure, refusal, or neglect to cause such nuisance to be abated after it has existed for a period of 20 days, the city planner, or such agent, employee, or representative designated by the city council, shall at once be empowered and authorized to promptly enter upon such lot or parcel of land and to cut, trim, remove, and abate such nuisance.

(d)

Work done by city upon request . Upon the written request by the owner or owners, or their heirs or agents, as the case may be, of any lot or parcel of land covered by this section, and upon the payment to the city for the services, the city planner, or such agent, employee, or representative designated by the city council, may enter upon any such lands and cut, trim, and remove such nuisance therefrom, the charge and cost of such service to be paid into the city treasury.

(Ord. of 12/21/81)