5-9-15: CLEARING OF LITTER FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY BY CITY:

The Departments of Building and Public Works are charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, but the Department of Building shall be restricted and limited to enforcing and administering the removal of litter defined as refuse, junk, building materials (lumber, boards, plasterboard, mortar, insulation, sheet metal, plumbing fixtures and materials, electrical materials and fixtures, water and gas materials and fixtures, sand and gravel, roofing and siding materials), automobile bodies, including the parts and components thereof, and tires.

   A.   Notice To Remove: The department is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any private property within the City, including the sidewalks, alleys and parking within the curbing abutting such private property, or the agent of such owner, to promptly remove such debris, garbage, litter, rubbish and refuse from such property. Such notice shall be by registered or certified mail, addressed to said owner at his last known address.

   B.   Action Upon Noncompliance: Upon the failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or agent so notified, to properly dispose and remove such debris, garbage, litter, rubbish and refuse within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice provided for in subsection A of this section, or within fifteen (15) days after the date of such notice in the event the same is returned to the City undelivered, provided the same was properly addressed to the last known address of such owner or agent, the department is hereby authorized and empowered to pay for the disposal or removal of such debris, garbage, litter, rubbish or refuse, or to order its disposal or removal at the cost to the City.

   C.   Charges Of Removal Or Disposal Constitute Special Assessment: When the City has effected the disposal or removal of such debris, garbage, litter, rubbish or refuse, or has paid for the disposal or removal of such, the actual cost thereof, plus accrued interest at the rate of not more than ten percent (10%) per annum from the date of the completion of such disposal or removal, shall be chargeable and assessable to the owner of such property. All such charges and special assessments, if not paid within thirty (30) days to the City Treasurer, shall be declared delinquent and may be certified to the Tax Collector of Ada County by the City Clerk, placed upon the tax rolls and collected in the same manner and subject to the same penalties as other City taxes. (1952 Code § 6-16-14)