(A) Every person or entity, either as owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any lot, land or premises within the corporate limits of the City shall, at all times and continuously during each year, destroy, cut down, weed out and obliterate all noxious weeds, growing or starting to grow, and shall not allow any area of lawn to become overgrown or weed infested, on any such lot, land or premises. Said lot, land or premises shall include any publicly maintained easement or right-of-way located within the lot, land or premises.
(B) Every person or entity, either as owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any lot, land or premises within the corporate limits of the City shall maintain, mow and cut any weeds, grass and any other plant growths on the lot, land or premises to keep the weeds, grass and plant growths to no more than six inches (6") high.
(C) Noxious weeds shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Buffalobur, Canada Thistle, Diffuse Knapweed, Dyer's Woad, Field Bindweed, Hoary Cress, Leafy Spurge, Mush Thistle, Perennial Pepperweed, Perennial Sowthistle, Poison Hemlock, Puncturevine, Rush Skeletonweed, Russian Knapweed, Scotch Thistle, Spotted Knapweed, Yellow Starthistle, Yellow Toadflax.
(D) The terms "weed", "grass" and "plant growth" in this section do not include vegetation that constitutes an agricultural crop, cultivated vegetable garden plants, or cultivated decorative landscaping and trees, unless that vegetation is a fire, health, or traffic hazard.
(E) The failure to cut, weed out, destroy, and obliterate weeds, grass and plant growths as provided for in this chapter, is declared to be a public nuisance, detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare. (Ord. 1359, 4-16-2019)