(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant, or any person having control or management of any lot, area, or parcel of land within the city to permit or allow the presence thereon, or in the unpaved portion of the right-of-way immediately adjacent thereto, of weeds, grass, brush, or deleterious, unhealthy growths of any species or variety exceeding a height of seven inches above ground level, or any accumulation of dead weeds, grass, or brush, and the same are declared to be a public nuisance.
(2) It shall also be unlawful for the occupant or owner of any lot, place, area, or parcel of land within the city to permit or allow the presence thereon, or on any portion thereof, of noxious weeds, scattered among which are Canada thistle, dodders, mustards, wild carrot, bindweed, perennial sowthistle, hoary alyssum, ragweed and poison ivy, poison sumac, ox-eyed daisies, goldenrod, milkweed, or any other varieties, species, or plants designated by the Department of Health as poisonous or injurious. The presence of these weeds upon any lot or parcel of land within the city is declared to be a public nuisance.
(‘83 Code, § 91.20)
(B) It shall be the duty of the occupant of every premises and the owner of unoccupied premises within the city, to cut and remove or destroy by lawful means, all weeds, grass, or undesirable poisonous or harmful vegetation as often as may be necessary to comply with the provisions stated in division (A) of this section. Cutting, removing, or destroying of weeds, grass, and vegetation at least three times in each year, once before May 1, once again before July 1, and once again before September 1, or as often as necessary, when weeds, grass and vegetation has reached a height of seven inches, shall be deemed in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(‘83 Code, § 91.21)
(Ord. 85-003, passed 10-7-85; Am. Ord. 85-004, passed 11-18-85; Am. Ord. 91-002, passed 5-6-91; Am. Ord. 11-010, passed 7-25-11
) Penalty, see § 92.99