(A) The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have meaning ascribed to them in this division, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
CURB LAWN. The property outside a property owner's lot (or property) and inside the curb lines upon a public street, or in the absence of a curb, from the traveled portion of the public street to the lot or property line.
WEEDS AND NOXIOUS GROWTH. Includes (1) trees, shrubbery and rank grasses, due to neglect, that overhang the public streets or sidewalks abutting the public streets; or (2) weeds and rank grasses, left unattended for a period of time creating a nuisance or the appearance of blight.
(B) Every owner or tenant of property shall periodically cause to be cut the grass or other vegetation commonly recognized as weeds and noxious growth on his or her property or the abutting curb lawn. It shall be unlawful for any such person to fail to comply with an order by the Town Administrator or his or her designee to cut such vegetation when it has reached a height of one foot if located in an undeveloped area, or a height of one-half foot if located within a developed area, except for those parcels containing five acres or more land area. A DEVELOPED AREA shall refer to a platted subdivision or lot of record.
(C) Parcels containing five acres or more land area that fronts a public street or roadway or adjoins a developed area shall be cleared of all weeds, tall grass and other noxious vegetation within 100 feet of the property line adjoining the developed area and within 100 feet of the pavement edge of any street or roadway adjoining the subject parcel to and including the right-of-way to the pavement edge. Excluded herefrom are natural wooded areas containing trees four inches in diameter or larger on the subject property. The property owner shall be responsible for mowing grass and noxious vegetation only to the edge of the trees on the property, including areas along adjoining developed areas or public rights-of-way.
(D) If the owner or tenant shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section following a ten-day written notice, the Town Administrator shall direct appropriate corrective action upon the subject property, including the removal of vegetation in violation of these provisions. Upon completion of such corrective work, the Finance Department shall determine the reasonable cost and shall bill the owner or tenant for the amount of such charge plus an administrative charge of 25%. Failure of the owner to pay the reasonable cost associated with corrective action will result in the cost and any other related administrative charges to be placed as a lien against the property to be paid to the Town of Collierville.
(`83 Code, § 8-306) (Ord. 99-44, passed 12-13-99; Am. Ord. 2021-07, passed 5-24-2021)