§ 91.23 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   NOXIOUS WEEDS. Any weed over nine inches in height defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture from the federal noxious weed list, as from time to time amended, and shall include but not be limited to:

      (1)   Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense);

      (2)   Johnson grass and Sorghum album (Sorghum halepense);

      (3)   Bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus);

      (4)   Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench spp. drummondii (Steud.) deWet);

      (5)   Poison ivy;

      (6)   Poison sumac;

      (7)   Poison oak;

      (8)   Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens);

      (9)   Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense);

      (10)   Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium); and

      (11)   Wild mustard (Brassica kaber var. pinnatifida)

   RANK VEGETATION. Grass or any plant exceeding nine inches in height, excluding therefrom trees, shrubberies, flowers, ornamental grasses, and agricultural crops such as hay and pasture.

(Ord. 09-005, passed 8-3-09; Am. Ord. 16-012, passed 10-3-16)