§ 20-101. Noxious weed growth.

No person occupying any premises, nor any person owning any unoccupied residential premises, nor any person owning undeveloped property contiguous to or within 200 feet of residential property shall permit or maintain on any such premises any growth of noxious weeds or other rank vegetation to a height greater than ten inches on the average, nor any growth of grass to a height greater than eight inches on the average, nor any accumulation of dead weeds, grass or brush. Noxious weeds shall include Canada thistle (circium arvense), dodders (any species of cuscata), mustards (charlock, black mustard and indian mustard, species of brassica or sinapis), wild carrot (daucus carota), bindweed (concolculus arvensis), perennial sowthistle (sonchus arvensis), hoary alyssum (berteroa incana), ragweed (ambrosia elatior 1), poison ivy (rhus toxicondendron) and poison sumac (toxicondendron vernix).

Agricultural property or undeveloped recreational property may be exempted from this requirement if an exemption is in the public interest. Exemptions may be granted by the city manager. Appeals of an exemption or denial of an exemption may be made to the planning commission by letter.

(Code 1985, § 9.41; Ord. No. 2013-003, 12-16-2013)