§ 210. Summary abatement.

If a notice to abate a nuisance is issued to a property owner ordering the property within the City of Tulsa to be cleaned of trash, or weeds or grass to be cut or mowed in accordance with the procedures provided for in this title, and if the notice to abate as provided in Section 201 provides that any accumulations of trash or excessive weed or grass growth on said property occurring within twenty-four (24) months after the removal of trash or cutting or mowing of weeds or grass on the property may be summarily abated by the City, and the costs of such summary abatement shall be assessed against the property owner, and that a lien may be imposed on the property to secure such payment, all without further prior notice to the property owner, then any subsequent accumulations of trash or excessive weed or grass growth on the property occurring within said twenty-four (24) month period constitutes a public nuisance and may be summarily abated without further prior notice to the property owner. Any summary abatement within said twenty-four (24) month period by the City automatically extends the period for summary abatements as outlined herein by the City an additional twenty-four (24) months. At the time of each such summary abatement, the City shall notify the property owner of the summary abatement and the costs thereof. The notice shall state that the property owner may file an appeal within ten (10) business days after the date said notice was mailed by filing a notice of appeal in writing with the Enforcement Official and with the City Clerk. The appeal shall be in accordance with the procedure outlined in Section 205 herein. Unless otherwise determined on appeal, the costs of such abatement shall be determined and collected, together with all remedial civil penalties imposed, as provided for in Section 203 herein; provided, however, that this section shall not apply if the records of the County Clerk show that the property was transferred after notice was given pursuant to Section 201 herein.

(Ord. Nos. 17942, 18205, 19147, 21596; Ord. No. 22271, § 3, 7-15-2010; Ord. No. 22995, § 6, 12-12-2013)