NOTICE TO CUT NUISANCE WEEDS

The City of Billings hereby gives notice that:

1. All owners of real property are responsible for destroying all nuisance weeds in prohibited areas by extermination, removal or cutting not later than April 30, 2010 and to keep the areas free of nuisance weeds through September 30, 2010. Nuisance weeds includes all weeds, grasses, noxious weeds and untended vegetation growing in excess of twelve inches (12”) in height, or any vegetation creating a potential fire hazard, visual or physical obstruction for pedestrians or vehicles or unsightly condition of property.

2. Failure to remove the nuisance weeds may cause the city to cut or remove the weeds and charge the cost thereof against the real property together with an administrative cost equal to twenty-five (25) percent of the removal cost and a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first time the city provides the cutting/removal, fifty dollars ($50.00) for the second cutting/removal, and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the third and any subsequent times the city provides cutting/removal in 2010.

PLEASE NOTE: Failure to pay nuisance weed removal charges within thirty (30) days shall constitute a lien on this property and will be placed on the tax rolls as a special assessment.

If more information is needed regarding nuisance weed control, please contact the City Code Enforcement at 247-8647 or 237-6146.