For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NOXIOUS PLANTS. Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac, at any height or stage of maturity.
OWNER. The owner of record as shown by the current year’s tax rolls in the County Treasurer’s office and/or any person, firm, or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property, including an officer, guardian, executor, administrator, mortgagee in possession, managing or leasing agent of such person, firm, or corporation.
THICKET. A dense or tangled growth of small trees, bushes, brush or undergrowth.
WEEDS. All vegetation at any state of maturity which:
(1) Exceeds eight inches in height, except healthy trees, shrubs, or produce for human consumption grown in a tended and cultivated garden unless such trees and shrubbery, by their density or location, constitute a detriment to the health, benefit and welfare of the public and community or a hazard to traffic or create a fire hazard to the property or otherwise interfere with the mowing of said weeds;
(2) Regardless of height, harbors, conceals, or invites deposits or accumulation of refuse or trash;
(3) Harbors rodents or vermin;
(4) Gives off noxious odors;
(5) Constitutes a fire or traffic hazard; or
(6) Is dead or diseased.
WEEDS does not include tended crops on land zoned for agricultural use which are planted more than 150 feet from a parcel zoned for other than agricultural use.
(Ord. 3203, passed 7-7-09)