§ 11.22.060. Abatement by city—Assessment.

(a)

If, within ten days after the mailing of the notice by the traffic engineer, the owner or owners of the lot or parcel of land have failed, refused or neglected to remove the obstruction or have failed to request a hearing before the traffic commission as provided in Section 11.22.040, then the traffic engineer shall cause the sight obstruction to be removed.

(b)

In the event the owner or owners request a public hearing before the traffic commission and the traffic commission determines a sight obstruction exists and/or that a variance should not be granted, then the owner or owners shall remove the sight obstruction within twenty days from the date of hearing or shall file an appeal from the traffic commission to the city commission within twenty days of the hearing. The traffic engineer shall cause the sight obstruction to be removed if the owner or owners have failed to remove the obstruction or have failed to request a hearing before the city council within twenty days following the hearing.

(c)

In the event the owner or owners request a hearing before the city council and the city council determines that the ruling or order of the traffic commission ordering the sight obstruction to be removed should be affirmed, then the owner or owners shall remove the sight obstruction within twenty days of the hearing before the city council. The traffic engineer shall cause the sight obstruction to be removed if the owner or owners have failed to remove the sight obstruction within the twenty-day period following the hearing.

(d)

The cost of removal of the sight obstruction shall be certified by the traffic engineer to the city clerk who shall cause the costs to be assessed against the particular lots or pieces of land in front of or abutting upon the street or alley or road right-of-way from which the obstructions were so removed.

(Ord. No. 34-243 (part))