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r . ORDINANCE NO. ¡ I ,1984 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING REMOVAL OF WEEDS AND RN,K VEGETATION BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Trustees of the Civil Town of Mooresville, Indiana, by the acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, it is hereby ordered and ordained that WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish reasonable regulations for the protection of the lives, health and property of the citizens of the Civil Town of Mooresville and to enforce compliance with such regulations; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ORDAINED that an ordinance be adopted concerning the removal of weeds and rank vegetation. Section 1. Be it hereby ordered that Indiana Code 36-7-10-3 which is as follows: " Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to the following units: (1) Counties and cities that adopt this section by ordinance. (2) Towns (b) The legislative body of a municipality, or the executive of a county, may require the owners of real property in the unit to cut and remove weeds or other rank vegetation growing on that property. A five (5) day written notice to remove the vegetation must be issued by the fiscal officer of the unit and served by a law enforcement officer of the unit upon the landowner, if he is a resident, or by registered mail addressed to his last known address, if he is a nonresident. (c) If the landowner fails to remove the vegetation within the time prescribed, the unit may remove the vegetation. The fiscal officer of the unit must make a certified statement of the actual cost incurred by the unit in the removal. The statement must be delivered to the owner of the property by a law enforcement officer of the unit, or by registered mail, and the owner shall pay the amount to the fiscal officer. If the landowner fails to pay the amount within ten (10) days after receiving the statement, a certified copy of the statement of costs shall be filed in the office of the auditor of the county in which the property is located. The auditor shall place the amount claimed on the tax duplicate against the property affected by the work, and the amount shall be collected as taxes are collected and shall be disbursed to the general fund of the unit." is hereby adopted as the law of the Civil Town of Mooresville. Section 2. That any brush, weeds, vegetation of any type which constitutes an unsightly, offensive, or unsanitary condition within the Civil Town of Mooresville shall be removed as set out herein. That all property shall be maintained in a state of reasonable care with no vegetation or growth creating an unsightly òr offensive or unsanitary condition. Section 3. The Town Building Inspector shall be the enforcement agent for this ordinance and responsible for sending notice through his office or the office of the Town Attorney for violations.