For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CLEANING. The removal of trash from property.
OWNER. The owner of record, as shown by the most current tax rolls of the City Treasurer.
TRASH. Any refuse, litter, ashes, leaves, debris, paper, combustible materials, rubbish, offal or waste, or any matter of any kind or form which is uncared for, discarded, or abandoned.
WEED.
(1) Includes, but is not limited to, poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac, and all vegetation at any state of maturity which:
(a) Exceeds 12 inches in height, except healthy trees, shrubs, or produce for human consumption grown in a tended and cultivated garden unless such trees and shrubbery, by their density or location, constitute a detriment to the health, benefit, and welfare of the public and community or a hazard to the traffic or create a fire hazard to the property or otherwise interfere with the mowing of said
WEEDS;
(b) Regardless of height, harbors, conceals, or invites deposits or accumulations of refuse or trash;
(c) Harbors rodents or vermin;
(d) Gives off unpleasant or noxious odors;
(e) Constitutes a fire or traffic hazard; or
(f) Is dead or diseased.
(2) The term
WEED shall not include tended crops on land zoned for agricultural use which are planted more than 150 feet from a parcel zoned for other than agricultural use.
(Prior Code, § 18-96) (Ord. 796, passed 11-25-1990)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 11 O.S. § 22-111(D)