(A) Any weeds such as jimson, burdock, ragweed, thistle, cocklebur, poison ivy, poison oak or other weeds of a like kind found growing in any lot or tract of land within the city are hereby declared to be a nuisance; and it shall be unlawful to permit any weeds to grow or remain in any place.
(B) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building or lot to permit any weeds, grass or plants, other than crops, trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants, to grow to a height exceeding 12 inches anywhere on the lot, including those portions thereof abutting any street, road, alley or other thoroughfare, and in the event the lot is crossed by a sidewalk, ditch, pathway, private roadway, fence or other natural or human-made boundary or divider, including those portions thereof between the boundary or divider and the edge of the thoroughfare; any weeds, grass or plants exceeding such height are hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(C) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building or lot to permit any tree, brush or other vegetation to grow in a manner which interferes with normal sidewalk traffic or to grow so as to pose a threat to safety on public rights-of-way due to obstruction of view, obstruction of passage or in any other manner.
(D) There is hereby exempted from the scope of the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) above property with in the city zones for agricultural uses, except that the exemption shall not apply when the property has been planned for development and a subdivision plat has been filed of record in the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer reflecting the property as residential, if applicable.
(Prior Code, § 92.01) (Ord. 94-4, passed 10-10-1994) Penalty, see § 92.99