2255ORDINANCE NO. 2255
COUNCIL MEMBER KEPHART INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 5 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA, BY AMENDING SECTION 4 -506
NUISANCES, WEEDS, GRASSES, AND WORTHLESS VEGETATION; LITTER,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL
FORCE AND EFFECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SECTION 1. Chapter 4, Article 5 of the Municipal Code of the City of Blair,
Nebraska is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 4 -506 NUISANCES, WEEDS, GRASSES, AND WORTHLESS VEGETATION;
LITTER.
4. Notice to abate and remove such nuisance shall be given to each owner or
owner's duly authorized agent and to the occupant, if any, by personal service or
certified mail. If notice by personal service or certified mail is unsuccessful,
notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the
city or by conspicuously posting the notice on the lot or ground upon which the
nuisance is to be abated and removed. Within five days after receipt of such
notice or publication or posting, whichever is applicable, if the owner or occupant
of the lot or piece of ground may request a hearing with the city to appeal the
decision to abate or remove a nuisance by filing a written appeal with the city
clerk. A hearing on the appeal shall be held within fifteen (15) days and the
hearing officer shall render a decision within five (5) business days following the
conclusion of the hearing. If the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground
does not request a hearing with the city or fails to comply with the order to abate
and remove the nuisance, the city may have such work done, the city may either
(a) levy and assess the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of
ground so benefited in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements
are levied and assessed or (b) recover in a civil action the costs and expenses of
the work upon the lot or piece of ground and the adjoining streets and alleys.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be enforced and take effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
Passed and approved this 8th day of October, 2013.
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
A S E. REALPH, MA OR
ATTEST:
BRENDA R. WHEELER, CITY CLERK
(SEAL)
STATE OF NEBRASKA )
) SS
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON )
BRENDA R. WHEELER hereby certifies that she is the duly appointed, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Blair, Nebraska and that the above and foregoing
Ordinance was passed at a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of said City
held on the 8th day of October, 2013.
BRENDA R. WHEELER, CITY CLERK