8.05.060 Notice of violation.
A. Notices During Summer Season. Prior to the start of the summer season, the city shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation and in the city printed utility bill a public notice that the conditions prescribed in TMC 8.05.030 constitute a public health and safety hazard, and directing that all growth which constitutes such a nuisance be cut or removed prior to the start of the summer season as defined in TMC 8.05.020. This notice shall serve as the first notice of record.
Property owners and/or occupants in charge of property that is out of compliance with this chapter during the summer season shall be given a second and final notice of violation by door hanger or other posted notice on developed property and by certified mail to property owners of vacant property. Subsequent violations on the same property shall be treated as a continuation of the initial violation and shall receive no additional warning. The second and final notice shall state that it is unlawful and a public nuisance for any owner or occupant of real property in the city of Talent to allow noxious vegetation over the height of six inches to remain upon such real property, or within the improved right-of-way or a public thoroughfare abutting the property. The notice shall include the following:
1. Occupied Properties. Conditions shall be corrected within 48 hours from the date of the notice, or the owner(s) and/or occupant(s) may be cited for violation in accordance with TMC 8.05.070. If the occupant(s) are not the owner, the owner shall be notified via certified mail of the citation issued to the occupant(s).
2. Vacant Properties. Conditions shall be corrected within 10 days from the service thereof, or the owner(s) may be cited for violation in accordance with TMC 8.05.070.
B. Nonsummer Season. During the nonsummer season, noxious vegetation violations are handled on a complaint basis. Once an official written complaint has been received, the city manager or designee shall send notice to the owner(s) and/or occupant(s) of the violating property by first class mail, at the address identified in records of the county assessor of Jackson County, Oregon, or those of the city of Talent’s utility billing system. The notice:
1. Shall be directed to the owner(s) and/or occupant(s);
2. Shall refer to the premises involved with convenient certainty, the street address(es), if any, and the map and tax lot number;
3. Shall notify the owner(s) and/or occupant(s) of the violation of this chapter; and
4. Shall inform the owner(s) and/or occupant(s) that, if the condition is not corrected within 10 days from the service thereof, the owner(s) and/or occupant(s) may be prosecuted for violation in accordance with TMC 8.05.090; and that the city may, at its discretion, in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, proceed to remove the unlawful condition and thereafter charge the owner with the reasonable cost of such removal in accordance with the city’s abatement procedures. [Ord. 925 § 6, 2016.]