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(A) Cutting grass and weeds; civil offense. Every owner or tenant of property shall periodically cut the grass and other vegetation commonly recognized as weeds on his or her property, and it shall be a civil offense for any person to fail to comply with an order by the Codes Enforcement Officer to cut such vegetation when it has reached a height of over one foot.
(B) Prohibited vegetation.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any property owner, occupant, or person in control of any lot or parcel of land within the city to fail to eradicate on any such lot or parcel of land any noxious weeds, ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, thistle,, kudzu or any random invasive privet hedge. A weed may be added to or deleted from the list of noxious weeds by resolution of the City Commission.
(2) Such noxious weeds may be destroyed by cutting or removal, by spraying with a chemical compound/herbicide, by plowing under, or by such other method as recommended by the University of Tennessee Agriculture Extension Office.
(1994 Code, § 13-104) (Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993; Ord. 796, passed 11-28-2016) Penalty, see §
10.99
Any person owning or having possession of any dead animal not intended for use as food shall promptly bury the same or notify the Public Officer and dispose of such animal in such manner as the Public Officer shall direct.
(1994 Code, § 13-105) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be a civil offense for any person to permit any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him or her to become or remain in a filthy condition, or permit the use or occupation of same in such a manner as to create noxious or offensive smells and odors in connection therewith, or to allow the accumulation or creation of unwholesome and offensive matter or the breeding of flies, rodents or other vermin on the premises to the menace of the public health or the annoyance of people residing within the vicinity.
(1994 Code, § 13-106) (Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993) Penalty, see § 10.99
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