For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A person(s) authorized and empowered to issue and serve municipal civil infraction citations for alleged violations to this subchapter.
ERADICATE. To get rid of, wipe out, destroy, by the natural process or human interaction.
GRASS. Any plant of the family Gramineae (or Poaceae) characterized by jointed stems, sheathing leaves, flower spikelets and fruit consisting of a seed-like grain or caryopsis.
NOXIOUS WEEDS. Canada thistle (Circium arvense), dodders (any species of Cuscuta), mustards (charlock, black mustard and Indian mustard, species of Brassica or Sinapis), wild carrot (Daucus carota), bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), perennial sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis), hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana), ragweed (ambrosia elatior 1.) and poison ivy (rhus toxicodendron), poison sumac (toxicodendron vernix) or other plants which are recognized as deleterious to health, safety or public welfare and recognized as a common nuisance.
PROPERTY. Any real property that is or has been put to residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial use; including, for the purpose of this article, abutting street right-of-way lying between the curb and sidewalk or a drainage course paralleling the street where there is no curb abutting the property. In addition, any lot in any subdivision where buildings have been erected on 50% or more of the lots of the subdivision shall be defined as improved property.
RANK VEGETATION. Profuse or unmanageable communities of plants in a region.
(Ord. 2008-5, passed 4-8-2008)