BILL NO. _______                                         ORDINANCE NO. _______

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL PROCESS TO RECOVER THE COSTS OF SUCH REMOVAL AND ABATEMENT OF CERTAIN NUISANCES.

WHEREAS, Sec. 67.398, RSMo. Supp 1997 provides the governing body of a city, town or village in St. Louis County may declare the presence of certain debris and conditions upon any property to be a nuisance and that the costs incurred in removing or abating such nuisance conditions may be recovered from the owner of the offending property either by including such costs in a special tax bill or by having such costs added to the annual real estate tax bill for the property; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire and intent of the [Board of Aldermen/Trustees or City Council] to enhance and protect the public health and safety by providing an additional method to recover the costs of removing or abating such nuisances:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE [Board of Aldermen/Trustees or City Council] OF THE [City or Village] of ________________ AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.

     In addition to any other remedy provided by law, if the owner of property has failed to begin or pursue without unnecessary delay the removal of a nuisance and the [code enforcement official] has removed or abated a public nuisance which had been declared to exist on any lot or land due to the presence of debris of any kind including, but not limited to, weed cuttings, cut and fallen trees and shrubs, overgrown vegetation and noxious weeds which are seven inches or more in height, rubbish and trash, lumber not piled or stacked twelve inches off the ground, rocks or bricks, tin, steel, parts of derelict cars or trucks, broken furniture, any flammable material which may endanger public safety or any material which is unhealthy or unsafe and declared to be a public nuisance, the cost of such removal or abatement may be added to the annual real estate bill for the property and collected in the same manner and procedure for collecting real estate taxes.

Section 2.

     This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor.

PASSED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FOR THE CITY OF _________,
MISSOURI, THIS _____ DAY OF _________, 2000.

                                                           __________________________
                                                            Presiding Officer
Attest:

_______________________________________________,City Clerk

APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF __________, 2000.

  ______________________________________, Mayor
Attest:

_____________________________
__________________, City Clerk

OR

This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the
Board of Trustees.

PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ________ MISSOURI, THIS _____ DAY OF ________, 2000.

 

____________________________________________________, Chairman
Attest:

______________________________________________Village Clerk

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