(A) For purposes of this chapter, Commissioner means the Village Clerk, who is appointed and shall serve as the village's Commissioner of Noxious Weeds, as provided in this chapter and Public Act No. 359 of 1941, as amended.
(B) NOXIOUS WEEDS, which are declared to be a public nuisance for purposes of §95.08 and that shall be abated as provided in this chapter, mean weeds, grasses and vegetation other than live flowers, trees, shrubs and fruit or vegetable plants, that exceed a height of eight inches above ground level, and which the Village Council has determined to constitute a common nuisance.
(C) Unless exempt under division (D), owners, occupants and agents of owners of land shall maintain the land free from noxious weeds, as defined in division (B), by necessary removal, cutting or mowing.
(D) Land located within a conservation area or easement, open space or natural area that has been approved by the village to be left in its natural state without the removal, cutting or mowing otherwise required by division (C), shall be exempt from those requirements. For purposes of this exemption, village approval may be by a permit or plan approval under Chapters 153 or 157.
(E) No person shall deposit, store or allow the deposit or storage of noxious weeds, grass or weed clippings, tree branches, leaves or cut dead plants of any nature on any property without the written permission of the owner of the property, in a manner that violates other village ordinances or creates or constitutes a nuisance, or for a longer period than necessary for the lawful disposal of the materials.
(Am. Ord. 160, passed 8-25-97; Am. Ord. 205, passed 6-25-07)