The failure of a person owning, controlling or in possession of property to observe any of the following requirements shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection 1-4-2D of this code: (Ord. 02-4044, 10-8-2002)
A. Duty To Cut Noxious Weeds: Each owner and each person in the possession or control of any land shall cut or otherwise destroy, in whatever manner prescribed by the weed official, all noxious weeds thereon and shall keep said lands free of such growth. (1978 Code §34-73; amd. 1994 Code)
B. Developed And Undeveloped Lots; Weeds Removal; Grass Cutting: Each owner and each person in possession or control of any developed or undeveloped lot or land area shall be responsible to keep said lot or land area, along with the parking adjacent thereto, alleys, public ways or land areas up to the centerline of said ways free of any weeds and to keep grasses on said land mowed so that said grass is less than ten inches (10") in height. (Ord. 11-4429, 5-17-2011)
C. Obstructing Public Ways: Each owner and each person in the possession or control of any lands shall not allow any plant growth of any sort to remain in such a manner as to render the streets, alleys or public ways adjoining said land unsafe for public travel or in any manner so as to impede pedestrians or vehicular traffic upon any public place or way. (1978 Code §34-73; amd. 1994 Code)
D. Interference With Weed Official: No persons shall interfere with the weed official or any appointed assistant while engaged in the enforcement of this chapter. (1978 Code §34-72)
E. Watercourses:
1. Where waterways or watercourses are found upon any developed or undeveloped lot or land area, the owner or person in possession or control of the land shall keep the flat or level part of the bank of said waterway free of any weeds and grasses more than ten inches (10") in height.
2. Should such waterways or watercourses be found within the right of way of a street or alley, the owner or person in possession or control of the adjacent land shall be responsible to keep the flat or accessible portion of the creek bank free of any weeds and the grasses more than ten inches (10") in height. (Ord. 11-4429, 5-17-2011)
F. Fire Hazards: No owner or person in possession or control of any developed or undeveloped lots or land areas shall allow plant growth or accumulation of plant materials so as to constitute a fire hazard, as determined by the fire marshal. (1978 Code §34-73; amd. 1994 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also subsection 6-1-2C of this title. |