(A) With the exception of cultivated crops, trees or brush, a person, firm, or corporation owning, occupying, or controlling unimproved property shall not allow weeds or plants to grow to a height greater than eight inches within 50 feet of a roadway, sidewalk or an adjacent property with an improvement. Noxious weeds shall be prohibited on unimproved property.
(B) A person, firm, or corporation owning, occupying, or controlling unimproved property shall not allow brush or shrubs to grow within ten feet of a curb line, edge of a roadway or adjacent property with an improvement. Limbs on trees within the ten-foot barrier of an adjacent property line must be pruned to a height of eight feet above the ground.
(C) A person, firm, or corporation owning, occupying, or controlling cultivated agricultural property within the jurisdiction of the city used for growing crops must maintain the property as follows:
(1) Crops may not be allowed to grow in an area within ten feet of a curb line, edge of a roadway, sidewalk or an adjacent property under different ownership;
(2) When a property is not actively growing cultivated crops, all vegetation must be harvested, cut, baled, shredded or plowed to comply with division (A).
(D) A person, firm, or corporation owning, occupying, or controlling cultivated agricultural property shall not:
(1) Allow vegetation between the growing crop and an adjacent property with a structure or improvement to grow to a height greater than eight inches;
(2) Allow the growing crop to interfere with visibility, access, or maintenance at any intersection of public thoroughfares within the jurisdiction of the city; or
(3) Allow the vegetation around the perimeter of the property, which is not a part of the growing crop, to grow to a height greater than eight inches.
(Ord. 11-2018-96, passed 11-27-18)