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4:7a When the owner or person in control of any plot of ground fails to destroy grasses or weeds growing thereon as provided herein, the Superintendent of Public Works of the city shall destroy or cause to be cut the grasses or weeds and any expense incurred by the city under the authority of the Superintendent of Public Works in so doing shall be a charge against the owner or other person so failing, which may be recovered on behalf of the city by recording a lien against the property for the cost of the cutting or by instituting an appropriate action at law. The cost shall be an amount as determined by the city. (Prior Code, § 606.03) § 91.023 LIEN PROCEDURE. (A) Notice of lien. (1) If weeds are cut by the city or by someone directed to cut them on behalf of the city, a notice of lien of the cost and expense thereof incurred by said city shall be recorded in the following manner: the city or the person performing the service by authority of the city, in its or a person's own name, may file notice of lien in the office of the county's Recorder of Deeds. The notice of lien shall consist of a sworn statement setting out: (a) A description of the real estate sufficient for identification thereof; (b) The amount of money representing the cost and expense incurred or payable for the service; and (c) The date or dates when said cost and expense was incurred by the city. is incurred. (2) Such statement shall be filed within 60 days after the cost and Yexpense (B) Release of lien. Upon payment of the cost and expense after notice of lien has been filed, the lien shall be released by the city or person in whose name the lien has been filed and the release shall be filed of record in the same manner as filing notice of the lien. (Prior Code, § 606.04) § 91.999 PENALTY. (A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.999 of this code of ordinances. (B) (1) Anyperson in violation of anyof theprovisions in 91.001 through 91.009 of this chapter §§ 9 P shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day on which the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. (Prior Code, § 607.09) (2) Any person who abandons a vehicle on any public or private property, per § 91.006 of this chapter, without the consent of the person in control of the property, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior Code, § 607.06) (C) In addition to liability for the cost of destruction of weeds by the city, the owner or person in control of any such plot of ground in the city failing to destroy the weeds thereon within the designated periods of time as provided in §§ 91.020 through 91.023 of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine as determined by the city. Each day on which the owner or person in control of any such plot of ground shall fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of §§ 91.020 through 91.023 of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.