14.30.020 Notice of violating trees or vegetation.
(1) If the owner of any lot or part thereof or parcel of land allows any tree(s) or vegetation to violate this chapter, and once notice of said violation is received by the City, it shall be the duty of the City Administrator, the City Engineer, his/her deputy or any persons appointed by the Council for that purpose, to give notice to the owner of violating tree(s) or vegetation to immediately fix the violation.
(2) At the sole discretion of the City Administrator, notice may first be provided to the owner via telephone asking for cooperation from the owner to remedy the violating tree(s) or vegetation. Written notice shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the record owner or owners of said property, or their agent at the address designated on the Linn County real property tax assessment rolls. The notice to fix the violating tree(s) or vegetation shall contain:
(a) A description of the real property, by street address or otherwise, of the violating tree(s) or vegetation;
(b) A direction to fix the violating tree(s) or vegetation within 60 calendar days from date of receipt of notice;
(c) A description of the work to be done;
(d) A statement that unless the violation is corrected within the time specified, the City may correct the violation, and the cost of the work shall be assessed against the real property on which the violating tree(s) or vegetation is growing from.
(3) Upon completion of the mailing of notice to fix the violating tree(s) or vegetation, the persons doing said mailing shall keep an accurate record of the address and date of mailing said notice.
(4) An error in the name or address of the property owner/owners/agent shall not make the notice void, and in such case the notice shall still be sufficient. (Ord. 117, passed 12-8-2015; Code 2014 § 93.20(B))