As used in this chapter:
A. "Abatement officer" means the Fire Chief or his or her designee of the City of Gridley (or, if the City has contracted with the State of California or other entity to provide fire services, the Chief Executive Officer of the agency which serves the City of Gridley by providing fire services), his or her assistants and deputies.
B. "Weeds" as used in this Chapter, include any of the following:
1. Weeds which bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature.
2. Sagebrush, chaparral, and any other brush or weeds which attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property.
3. Weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous.
4. Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health.
5. Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard.
C. "Street" includes public street, alley, lane, court or other place.
D. "In Front of Which the Nuisance Exists" includes to the rear of, or abutting the property upon which the nuisance exists.
(Ord. 791-2010 (part), 2010; Ord. 583, 1991)