(A) Any word or phrase used in these guidelines which is not defined here shall have the meaning used in the section appropriate to the context in which such word or phrase is used.
(1) Grass shall mean any of a large family (Gramineae) of monocotyledonous, mostly herbaceous plants with jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts.
(2) Noxious weeds shall include but not be limited to thistle, burdock, jimson weed, ragweed, milkweed, dandelion, poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.
(B) No person, who has legal title to, or who has possession or control of, or any license or interest in property shall permit grass to grow in excess of eight inches in height or noxious weeds to grow, or mature to the extent they reach their seeding stage of growth on such property including any adjacent right of ways.
(C) Any person who receives notice from the Mayor to cut grass and control noxious weeds shall do so within five days of the date of such notice.
(D) The Mayor is hereby granted authority to notify a person who is in violation of division (B) of this section to cut said grass and weeds and if the grass and weeds have not been cut within five days of the date of the notice the Mayor may cause the grass and weeds to be cut by employees of another municipality, Village personnel or by a private mowing service. Such persons as the Mayor may designate shall be authorized to enter upon the property that is the subject of the notice described in division (C) of this section and cut, remove and destroy the high grass and weeds growing thereon, and the costs shall be paid by the person having legal title to or possession, control of, license, or interest in the property, upon receipt of invoice from the village or its designee. The cost of the cutting shall be reported to Council and upon Council's approval shall be returned by the Clerk to the Franklin County Auditor for inclusion upon the tax duplicate for collection, all in accordance with R.C. § 731.51 et seq.
(E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of permitting noxious weeds or grass in excess of eight inches to grow, a minor misdemeanor. Each day that a violation occurs or continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ord. 886, §1111.12, passed 3-18-74; Am. Ord. O-2084-05, passed 6-20-05)