551.01 REMOVAL OF DEBRIS, WEEDS AND NOXIOUS VEGETATION.
   (a)   Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or lands situated within the City shall cause such lot or lands to be kept free from debris, Russian, Canadian or common thistle, briars, wild lettuce, wild mustard, wild parsley, ragweed, milkweed, ironweed, chickweed, wild garlic, quack grass, dodders, wild carrot, common cockle, docks, chicory and all other noxious weeds and bushes, wild shrubs or other growth growing or being upon such lots or lands as aforesaid.
 
   (b)   Whenever grasses, noxious vegetation, bushes, wild shrubs or other growth has reached the height of six (6) inches or more, or bloom and/or the density of growth is such as to constitute a nuisance, in the judgment and opinion of the Building Commissioner, such owner, occupant, or person in control of any such lot or lands shall cause such grasses, noxious vegetation, bushes, wild shrubs or other growth to be cut and removed, either by spraying with a chemical compound approved by the Building Commissioner, or by cutting, burning, digging under, or by any other method approved by the Building Commissioner.
 
   (c)   Every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or lands situated within the City who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 551.99.
(Ord. 39-2016. Passed 7-11-16.)