(A) Any person owning, possessing or having charge of land within the municipality shall keep such property free and clear from all noxious weeds and rank vegetation by cutting and removing the same.
(Am. Ord. 97-O-18, passed 4-17-1997)
(B) Any person owning or having charge of land within the municipality shall be required to cut all such weeds and vegetation on the lots owned or controlled by them whenever such weeds and vegetation grow to a height exceeding 8 inches.
(Am. Ord. 2014-O-1, passed 4-14-2014)
(C) Noxious weeds and rank vegetation shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Any weeds such as the following:
Noxious Weeds
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Noxious Weeds
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Apple of Peru | Marestail |
Buckthorn | Mile-A-Minute Weed |
Canada Thistle | Musk Thistle |
Columbus Grass | Oxeye Daisy |
Corncockle | Perennial Sowthistle |
Cressleaf Groundsel | Poison Hemlock |
Curly Dock | Purple Loosestrife |
Dodder | Quackgrass |
Field Bindweed | Russian Knapweed |
French Weed | Russian Thistle |
Giant Hogweed | Serrated Tussock |
Hairy Whitetop (Ballcress) | Shatter Cane |
Hedge Bindweed | Wild Carrot |
Heart-podded Hoary Cress | Wild Garlic |
Horsenettle | Wild Mustard |
Japanese Knotweed | Wild Onion |
Johnsongrass | Wild Parsnip |
Leafy Spurge | |
Kudzu | |
(2) Grapevines when growing in groups of 100 or more and not pruned, sprayed, cultivated, or otherwise maintained for two consecutive years;
(O.A.C. §§ 901:5-27-06 and 901:5-37-01)
(3) Any bushes or shrubs, including their horticultural varieties, such as the following:
European Barberry | Russian Olive |
Honeysuckle | Autumn Olive |
Multiflora Rosa | Jet Bead |
Common Buckthorn | Glossy Buckthorn |
Privets | Bushclover |
Winged Euonymus | Burning Bush |
(4) Any weeds, grass, or plants, other than trees, bushes, flowers, or other ornamental plants, growing to a height exceeding 8 inches.
(1995 Code, § 93.40) (Am. Ord. 2014-O-1, passed 4-14-2014; Am. Ord. 2016-O-02, passed 3-23-2016)