CHAPTER 13
CLEANING OF REAL PROPERTY

SECTION:

7-13-010: Purpose Of Provisions

7-13-020: Definitions

7-13-030: Real Property To Be Kept Clean And Secured

7-13-040: Weed Control Specifications

7-13-050: Notice Of Violation And Corrective Measures

7-13-060: City To Clean Or Secure Property When; Costs

7-13-070: Costs; Collection Methods Authorized

7-13-080: Costs; Collection By Lawsuit

7-13-090: Costs; Collection Through Taxes

7-13-100: Tax Notice; Removal Costs To Be Shown

7-13-110: Property Examination; Enforcement Authority

7-13-120: Violation; Penalty

7-13-130: Duty Of Owners, Occupants Or Agents

7-13-140: Examination Of Streets

7-13-150: Notice To Remove

7-13-010: PURPOSE OF PROVISIONS:

It shall be the purpose of this chapter to provide for the cleaning of real property and the control of weeds in a way that will:

A.   Prevent fire hazards;

B.   Prevent insect and rodent harborages;

C.   Prevent the induction of hazardous pollens in the air;

D.   Prevent further spreading of vegetation that threatens the public health, safety or welfare;

E.   Abate the existence of objects, structures or solid waste that threaten the public health, safety and welfare; and

F.   Protect and promote the public health and safety of the community by preventing or abating conditions of real property or the structures thereon which create or maintain public nuisances. (Ord. 1041, 1-22-2013)

7-13-020: DEFINITIONS:

For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words shall have the meanings herein:

DEPARTMENT: The Draper City community development department or the city-county health department.

ERADICATION: The complete destruction of weeds by chemicals, removal by root, or any other method approved by the department.

INSPECTOR: Authorized inspectors and peace officers of Draper City and the city-county health department director of health, or their authorized representatives. The director of health and designated representatives are hereby appointed city inspectors authorized by Utah Code Annotated section 10-11-1, or its successor.

OWNER: Any person who, alone, jointly or severally with others:

A.   Shall have the legal title to any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or

B.   Shall have charge, care or control of any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit, as legal or equitable owner or agent of such owner, or an executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner.

SOLID WASTE: Garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, hazardous waste, dead animals, sludge, liquid or semiliquid waste, and other discarded materials, or materials stored or accumulated for the purpose of discarding or salvage, or materials that have served their original intended purpose, or waste material resulting from construction, industrial, manufacturing, mining, commercial, agricultural, residential, institutional, recreational or community activities.

WEEDS: Vegetation growing upon any real property within Draper City which will attain such a growth as to become a fire hazard when dry, or which is otherwise noxious, a nuisance or dangerous, as determined by the department. Weeds shall also include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, the following:

A.   Dry grasses, stubble, brush, tumbleweeds and clippings which endanger the public health and safety by creating a fire hazard, insect or rodent harborage, or any other nuisance;

B.   Poison ivy, when the public health and safety in residential or other developed and populated areas are affected; and

C.   Those plants named in the Utah noxious weed act, Utah Code Annotated title 4, chapter 17, and its subsequent regulations and successor sections. (Ord. 1041, 1-22-2013)