The term
WEED, for use in this chapter, is defined as all rank vegetable growth which exhales unpleasant obnoxious odor and also high and rank vegetable growth that may conceal vermin, rodents and pests, including, but not limited to, all noxious weeds, specifically: quack grass (Agropyron repens); perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis); Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense); bull thistle (Cirsium lanceolatum); horse nettle (Solanum carolinense); leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula); perennial peppergrass (Lepidium draba); Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens); buckthorn (Rhamnus, not to include Rhamnus frangula; all other species of thistles belonging in genera of Cirsium and Carduus); butterprint (Abutilon theophrasti) annual; cocklebur (Xanthium commune) annual; wild mustard (Brassica arvensis) annual; wild carrot (Daucus carota) biennial, buckhorn (plantago lanceolata) perennial; sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) perennial; sour dock (Rumex crispus) perennial; smooth dock (Rumex altissimus) perennial; poison hemlock (conium maculatum); multiflora rose (rasa multiflora); wild sunflower (wild strain of Helianthus annus L) annual; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) annual; teasel (Dipsacus) biennia. The multiflora rose (rosa multiflora) shall not be considered a NOXIOUS WEED when cultivated for or used as understock for cultivated roses or as ornamental shrubs in gardens.
(Prior Code, Art. 9, Ch. 8, § 2) (Ord. passed - -)