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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.006-54ORDINANCE NO. 6 (Series of 1954) AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL REMOVAL OF WEEDS, BRUSH AND RUBBISH OF ALL KINDS FROM LOTS AND TRACTS OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF ASPENe COLORADOe AND FROM THE ALLEYS BEHIND AND FROM THE SIDEWALK AREAS IN FRONT THERE- OF AND PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE COSTS OF THE REMOVAL THEREOF AND COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENT AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN: Section 1. REMOVAL OF WEEDS, BRUSH AND RUBBISH. That all weeds, brush and rubbish of all kinds shall be removed from all lots and tracts of land within the City of Aspen, Colorado, and from the alleys behind and from the sidewalk areas in front thereof annually on or before June 15 of each year. Section 2. NOTICE. That in the event any landowner shall fail to remove the weeds, brush and rubbish as provided herein on orbefore June 15 of each year, the city council of the City of Aspen may instruct the City Clerk to give the record owner of such lot or parcel of land written notice of said condition and require the removal of such weeds, brush and rubbish within fifteen days of the date of said notice. If the owner of said property shall fail to remove said weeds, brush and rubbish within said period above provided, then the City of Aspen shall remove or have removed such weeds, brush and rubbish and shall charge the whole cost thereof including five percent (5%) for inspection and other incidental costs in connection therewith to the owner or owners of said lots or parcels of land. Section 3. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT. In the event that said owner or owners of the lot or lots or tracts of land against which any assessment hereunder shall be made, shall fail, refuse or neglect to pay the same within twenty days from the date of notice of such assessment, then and in this event the said assessment shall be certified by the Clerk of the City of Aspen to the County Treasurer of the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, to be by him placed upon the tax list for the current year and to be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected together with a ten percent (10%) penalty added thereon to defray the costs of collection and all the laws of the State of Colorado for the assessment and collection of general taxes including the laws for the sale of property for taxes and the redemp- tion thereof shall apply to and have full effect for the collection of all assessments. Section 4. METHOD OF GIVING NOTICE. Ail notices required to be given under this ordinance shall be given either by delivery of the same personally to the owner of the property affected or by deposit- ing the same in the United States mail, properly stamped and addressed to the owner of the property at the address given on the tax rolls in the office of the County Assessor of Pitkin County, State of Colorado. Section 5. DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. The notices required hereunder to be given to remove the weeds~ brush and rub- bish shall be given at the sole discretion of the City Council and a determination by them that such a notice should be given because of the condition of said lot or tracts of land shall be conclusive on the question of whether the condition of said lots or tracts of land are such as warrant such action. Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 1955. Introduced, read and ordered published this __~__~ day of D. 1954. Mayor ATTEST: ~'""' ' ' city Cl~rk~'~- '  inally passed, adopted and approved on the _~_~_day of ~i~_A. D. 1954. Mayor ATTEST: · - - ~i~y ~ lerk" · ' -- STATE OF COLORADO ) ) COUNTY OF PITKIN ) I· Ethel M. Frost, as City Clerk of the City of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced· read in full and passed first reading at the regular meeting of the City Council held //...~..~ ~_~_ , 1954, and published in The Aspen Time~,-~a-~eekls/n~vspaper of general circulation, published at the City of Aspen, Coldrado, in its issue of .~F~. q ~ and was finally adopted and approved on the v ,--. · day of · 1954 and was ordered published as Ordinance No._~__,(Series of 1954) of said City, as provided by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Aspen· Colorado, this day of A. D. 1954. (SEAL)