No person, whether an owner or occupant having charge or care of land in the Municipality, shall permit:
(a) Noxious weeds, including but not limited to (Shatter Cane, Russian Thistle, Johnsongrass, Wild Parsnip, Wild Carrot, Oxeye daisy, Wild Mustard, uncultivated grapevines, Canada Thistle, Poison Hemlock, Cressleaf Groundsel, Musk thistle, Purple Loosestrife, Mile-A-Minute Weed, burdocks, jimsonweed, ragweed, milkweed, mullein, poison ivy, poison oak), to grow thereon, or fail to destroy and cut such weeds when notified by the Municipal Manager or his designated Agent.
(b) Growth of grass, herbage of rank growth, or undesirable vegetation, grasses or vines, growing on developed property to reach a height in excess of seven inches, not including ornamental grasses, or fail to cut and destroy such grass, herbage of rank growth, or undesirable vegetation, grasses or vines when notified to do so by the Municipal Manager or his designated agent.
(c) Growth on undeveloped properties of grass, herbage of rank growth, or undesirable vegetation, grasses or vines to a height in excess of ten inches or to spread mature seeds thereon, or to fail to cut and destroy such weeds, herbage, vegetation, grasses or vines when notified by the Municipal Manager or his designated agent.
(d) The growth of lawn, hedges, bushes, and/or noxious weeds, herbage of rank growth, or undesirable vegetation, grasses or vines such that the same overhang a public or private sidewalk or a driveway or obstruct in any way a doorway.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense, and on any subsequent offense is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $250.00 and not more than $1000.00.
(Ord. 3875. Passed 8-10-16.)