§ 12:352. Notice to remove.

(a)

If the owner or owners of a lot or lots, as defined herein, located within recognized subdivisions fail to cut and remove such weeds, grass, or deleterious or unhealthy growths or other obnoxious matter as defined herein when requested to do so within fifteen (15) days after receipt of a registered or certified letter by the department of public works, the department of public works shall have the authority to have such weeds, grass, or deleterious or unhealthy growths or other obnoxious matter cut at the expense of the property owner or owners. The department of public works shall also send the above described request to the owner or owners of the property by regular mail. For the purpose of this chapter, the owner or owners of the property shall be determined from the latest available parish assessment rolls.

(b)

If the lot or lots where the weeds or growth are to be removed is located within the city, then the department of public works, in addition to the notification method set forth in subsection (a), is authorized to provide notice to the owner or owners by advertisement in the official journal of the city-parish for two (2) consecutive days. If the owner fails to remove the weeds or growth within five (5) days of said advertisement, then the department of public works shall have the authority to cut, destroy, or remove same at the expense of the owner or owners.

(c)

However, the department of public works may undertake the cutting, destruction, or removal of weeds, grass or deleterious or unhealthy growths or other obnoxious matter on any property within the city on a monthly basis without the notice required in subsection (a) or (b) if the owner has been notified pursuant to said subsections at any time during the immediately preceding twelve (12) months and has failed to do the work himself or herself after opportunity to do so. However, prior to undertaking such work, the director of the department of public works or his designee shall sign, file and record an affidavit at his or her administrative office. Such affidavit shall include a description of the property sufficient to reasonably identify it, a photograph of the property sufficient to reasonably identify its unsafe and unsanitary condition, and a statement that the owner has within the past twelve (12) months failed to do such work after notification and opportunity to do so pursuant to this section.

(City Code 1951, Title 12, § 351; Ord. No. 7820, § 2, 4-10-85; Ord. No. 13864, § 1, 1-10-07; Ord. No. 14272, § 1, 1-9-08)