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shat l cause to be published three ti rnes i n a newspaper of general circulation i n the ci ty a copy of section 6, 515, as notice to al ] persons responsi b1 a for property of their duty to keep their undeveloped property free of obnaxi ous vegetation. The notice shall state that the city i s wi 1 l i ng to abate such a nui sance on any particular parcel of undeveloped property at the request of the owner or person in charge of the property, for a fee sufficient to cover the city's costs of such abatement. The notice shall a1 so state that, even i n the absence of such requests, the city intends to abate all such nuisances ten or more days after the final publication of the notice, and to charge the cost of dog ng so on any party cular parcel of property pl us a penal ty to the person responsible or the property itself, ~2} In addition to the published notice, the finance officer shall send by first class mail postage prepai d, a copy of the published notice to any person responsible far undeveloped property as shown on the Lane County tax rvl l s ar upon records of the city. The failure to receive the mailed notice shall nat relieve any person responsible from the obligation to abate obnoxious vegetation or to pay the cast of abatement performed by the city, 6, 521 Obnoxious vegetation -~ Private Abatement. ~t in lO ays a ter the t Ord pub ication of the notice for which section 6.519 provides, or as soon thereafter as a nuisance as defined i n section 5.515 occurs, the person responsible for the property where such a nuisance occurs shall abate the nuisance, except as subsection ~2} of this section provides to the contrary, ~2} The person responsible for property who is apprehensive that vegetation on the property i s likely to be allegedly i n violation of section 6,515, or who denies that a nuisance as defined in that section exists on the property, may f i 7 e with the finance of f i cer a wri tten protest denying that such a nui sance exists an the property, The city manager or his desi g- rate shat I then determine whether the nui sance does so exist, That deter- mi nati on shall be final , I f i t i s affirmative, the person responsible shat l cause the nui sance to be abated within ten days after the determi nati vn , 6.523 Obnoxious vegetation -Abatement by City; Penalty, 1 ~ f, w~ the n the ten days al 1 owed by sects an 6, 521 far abating a nui sance as defined i n section 6.515, the nui sance has not been pri vatel y abated, the city manager or his designate shall cause i t to be abated, ~ 2 } The person authorized to cause, or retained to do, the abat- ~ng may enter upon the property at reasonable times for purposes of investi- gating and abating the nuisance, ~3 } The finance officer shat 1 keep an accurate record of the expense incurred by the city in abating the obnoxious vegetation and shall include therein a reasonable charge for administrative overhead. ~4 } Whenever the city abates obnoxious vegetation, i n addition to any penalty judicially imposed and to the costs specified i n subsection 6,5233}, there is hereby imposed on each parcel in separate ownership or contiguous parcels i n single ownershi p, a penal ty of $54 or ten percent ~ lO~} of the abatement costs, whichever i s greater, The finance officer shat l add the penalty to the amount to be collected as provided i n section 6.525 , The finance officer shall waive the penalty i f the abatement costs are paid wi th- i n the time specified i n subsecti an 6.525 ~2 } , Ordinance - 11