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<br />" .) <br />,,~ '-> <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />AUGUST 24, 1982 <br /> <br />agent or by mailing a copy to the owner at his last <br />known post office address by registered or certified <br />mail, return receipt requested, or, if the owner or <br />his address be unknown, by publication of such notice <br />in a newspaper or general circulation in the city once <br />per week for two successive weeks. A copy of such <br />notice sent to the owner by registered or certified <br />mail at the address of such owner listed on the land <br />books of the city shall be deemed sufficient and equi- <br />valent to notice having been received by the owner, <br />regardless of whether such copy be returned undelivered <br />or not. <br /> <br />d. Upon the failure or refusal of the owner, after serving <br />of the notice, to cut or cause to be cut the grass, <br />weeds, or vegetative growth within the time provided, <br />the Director of Public Works may have the necessary <br />work done by city employees or city agents under con- <br />tract. All of the actual costs and expenses of such <br />work, plus the cost of serving the notice shall be <br />chargeable to and paid by the owner of the property. <br />Any bill sent to the owner which is not paid within <br />thirty (30) days shall be transmitted to the City Trea- <br />surer, who shall include such bill in the next regular <br />real estate tax bill sent to the owner. Every such <br />charge with which the owner has been assessed and <br />which remains unpaid after the deadline for the pay- <br />ment of the next installment of real estate taxes shall <br />constitute a lien against such property, provided, how- <br />ever, that such lien shall be recorded in the same manner <br />as liens for real estate taxes are recorded. It shall be <br />the duty of the City Treasurer to assure the proper <br />recording of any such lien. <br /> <br />e. The failure or refusal of any property owner to comply <br />with the terms of any notice to cut grass, weeds, or <br />growth served pursuant to this section shall constitute <br />a Class 4 misdemeanor. In any prosecution there shall <br />be a rebuttable presumption that any growth exceeding <br />three feet in height creates a potential threat to public <br />health or safety. <br /> <br />f. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the <br />cutting of any tree or ornamental shrubbery unless it is <br />creating a safety hazard. <br /> <br />Sec. 8-3 <br /> <br />Keeping of trash, garbage, litter, or junk on premises visible <br />to the pub lic. <br /> <br />a. It shall be the duty of the owner of any real property <br />in the city, whether vacant or occupied, to keep such <br />