What is the High Weeds & Grass (HWG) Abatement Process?
Step 1: Citizen reports HWG to the Mayor’s Action Center. Step 2: An inspector receives the complaint and will inspect the property. Step 3: If the inspector determines that High Weeds and Grass exists on a property, a Notice of Violation will be issued. Step 4: From the date the Notice of Violation is mailed out, the property owner has 5 days to abate their property. Step 5: A vendor has 5 days to perform a site inspection from the time he receives the request from the city. If the property owner has abated (cut) the property, the vendor documents that the property owner has come into compliance and notified OCE. If the property owner has not abated (cut) the property, the vendor documents (via photography) that the property is still in violation. The vendor will then immediately mow the property, and then the vendor will document that the vendor abated the property. Before and after photos are taken. Step 6: On a daily basis, the vendor tells the OCE which properties have been mowed
Step 1: Citizen reports HWG to the Mayor’s Action Center. Step 2: An inspector receives the complaint and will inspect the property. Step 3: If the inspector determines that High Weeds and Grass exists on a property, a Notice of Violation will be issued. Step 4: From the date the Notice of Violation is mailed out, the property owner has 5 days to abate their property. Step 5: A vendor has 5 days to perform a site inspection from the time he receives the request from the city. If the property owner has abated (cut) the property, the vendor documents that the property owner has come into compliance and notified DCE. If the property owner has not abated (cut) the property, the vendor documents (via photography) that the property is still in violation. The vendor will then immediately mow the property, and then the vendor will document that the vendor abated the property. Before and after photos are taken. Step 6: On a daily basis, the vendor tells the DCE which properties have been mowed
