The owners of lands within the City shall keep the land and one-half of any abutting street, alley or easement free from any accumulation of trash or filth, broken tree limbs or branches, uncontained garbage or refuse, any containers or materials which could hold or conceal pools of water, and heavy dense or dank growth of weeds, grass, underbrush, palmettos, Florida holly trees, or other uncultivated vegetation, or other dead or living plant life, which might constitute a fire hazard, serve as a breeding place for or harbor insects, rodents, wild animals, snakes or other pests or vermin, give off an offensive odor, or which otherwise is considered to be a hazard to the health and safety of individuals residing or working on neighboring property and the general public, which shall in each constitute a nuisance when any parts or accumulationof growth are located within fifty (50) feet of the boundary of any developed or maintained adjacent property located in the corporate limits of the City of Boynton Beach. It is further found and declared that said accumulation and growth are detrimental to the economic welfare of the adjacent property, and injurious to the public safety, health and welfare of the City of Boynton Beach and its inhabitants. Said nuisances also adversely affect economic growth, stability and prosperity of said city and its inhabitants. It is further found and declared that dense, undergrowth, weeds and vegetation either cultivated or uncultivated that are allowed to grow so as to impede and obstruct the normal view of intersections, railroad crossings or traffic signs from streets, roads and highways are traffic hazards and are hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(Code 1958, §§ 13-15, 13-18, 13-27; Ord. No. 80-27, § 1, 7-15-80; Ord. No. 82-28, § 1, 9-21-82; Ord. No. 04-030, § 2, 5-18-04)