(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, lessee, tenant or other person occupying or having charge or control of any premises to permit weeds, grasses and/or worthless vegetation to remain upon the premises and upon any area between the property lines of the premises and the center line of any adjacent street, alley, sidewalk, easement, right-of-way and all other areas, public or private.
(B) All weeds, grasses and worthless vegetation are subject to abatement and the owner or occupant of any lot or piece of ground subject to the city’s jurisdiction is hereby required to keep the lots and pieces of ground and the adjoining streets and alleys free of any:
(1) Weeds (including but not limited to noxious weeds), indigenous grasses and/or worthless vegetation on or about residential property which, because of their height, have a blighting influence on the neighborhood. Any such weeds and indigenous grasses shall be presumed to be blighting if they exceed 12 inches in height;
(2) Weeds (including but not limited to noxious weeds), indigenous grasses and/or worthless vegetation which may attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property; or
(3) Weeds (including but not limited to noxious weeds), indigenous grasses and/or worthless vegetation which are located in an area which harbors rats, insects, animals, reptiles or any other creature which either may or does constitute a menace to health, public safety or welfare.
(Prior Code, § 92.41) (Ord. 90-2, passed 5-7-1990; Ord. 01-22, passed 4-2-2001; Ord. 09-12, passed 4-20-2009; Ord. 22-02, passed 3-7-2022) Penalty, see § 92.99