ORDINANCE NO. 2008-87
INTRODUCED BY: MAYOR BACCI, DUSZYNSKI, FARAGONE, HENLEY, SCHAB, SCHOEFFLER AND SUHY
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1072.01
PERTAINING TO GRASS CUTTING SERVICES FOR RESIDENT SENIORS
AND DISABLED PERSONS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Village of Cuyahoga Heights, State of Ohio:
SECTION I. That Section 1072.01 be amended to read as follows:
1072.01 CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
A grass cutting service for resident senior citizens and resident disabled persons of the Village shall be provided under the following conditions:
(a) The registrant must be sixty years of age or older and must reside alone or with a spouse of like age or older or the registrant must be disabled and not have an able bodied person living with him or her who is under sixty years of age.
For purposes of this Section 1072.0l(a), "disabled" means physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including, but not limited to, the functions of caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, breathing, learning, and working.
(b) The property registered pursuant to Section 1072.02 must be a single-family dwelling, a two-family dwelling, or a multiple family dwelling and the owner of the property must reside at the registered property.
(c) The registrant must execute a consent and release, in a form approved by the Solicitor, granting permission to the Village to provide the grass cutting service and releasing the Village, its servants, agents and employees from any liability arising out of the cutting of grass on the registrant's property.
SECTION 2. That Section 1072.01, as it existed prior to the effective date of this Ordinance be, and the same hereby is, repealed.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately provided it received the unanimous vote of all members elected to Council; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.