(a) The owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the Village, whether the same is improved, unimproved, vacant or occupied, shall cut and destroy all noxious weeds.
(b) For the purpose of this section, NOXIOUS WEEDS shall mean those plant species including, but not limited to, those listed in Chapter 901:5-37 of the Ohio Administrative Code and thistles, burdocks, jimson weeds, ragweeds, milkweeds, mulleins, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, or other plant species of rank growth which may potentially create, directly or indirectly, an unhealthy or unsafe condition.
(c) Each day's violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Statutory reference:
Notice to owner to cut noxious weeds or remove litter - service, see Ohio R.C. § 731.51
(Ord. 2020-06. Passed 9-28-20.)