(a) Every owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge or responsibility for maintenance of the following described lots or land within the City of Marietta, Ohio shall be required to cut noxious weeds, harmful vegetation and grasses or other types of vegetation as hereinafter described:
(1) All Developed Lots in a subdivision in their entirety.
(2) All Undeveloped Lots in a subdivision fifty feet (50') from the front property line or Right-of-Way line, and twenty-five feet (25') from the side and rear property lines.
(3) All land, developed or undeveloped, which lies within twenty-five feet (25') of a lot line which is adjacent to lots or lands upon which a residential or commercial building exists.
(4) All land, developed or undeveloped, which lies within fifty feet (50') of the front property line, or Right-of-Way line, of a dedicated thoroughfare, which includes lawn strips.
(5) There is an exception to the requirement to control or remove noxious weed, harmful vegetation and grasses or other types of vegetation where the work cannot be completed safely in a reasonable manner - steep hillsides, heavily wooded areas or inside steep ravines, creek beds, and river banks.
(b) Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) Noxious Weeds. Noxious weeds are defined and designated for purposes of this Chapter, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 901:5-37-01 and Ohio Revised Code Section 5579.04 through 5579.08.
(2) Weeds. Weeds means any and all vegetation that is not managed or maintained by the owner, operator, or occupant of the property on which such vegetation is located, but excludes trees, shrubs and/or cultivated flowers and gardens.
(3) Harmful Vegetation. Harmful vegetation shall be defined as vegetation, vines and/or weeds due to their invasiveness, toxicity, and other harmful characteristics that can have a negative, harmful impact to people, which shall include, but not be limited to, poison oak, poison ivy and poison sumac.
(4) Grass. Grass means any of a large family (Gramineae) of monocotyledonous, mostly herbaceous plants with jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts.
(5) For purposes of definition, this section shall not apply to growing crops and shall not include rain gardens, pollinator zones, wild flower areas, and butterfly gardens, provided that they are regularly maintained.
(c) (1) Every owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of, or responsibility for maintenance of any lot or land described in this section, shall be required to cut all such noxious weeds, weeds, and harmful vegetation as defined by Section 551.01(b)(1)(2)(3), growing or being upon the lots or land as set forth in Section 551.01(a)(1)(2)(3).
(2) Every owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of, or responsibility for maintenance of any lot or land described in this section, shall be required to cut all such grasses as defined in Section 551.01(b)(4) to a height of not over eight inches (8") between March 1st and November 30th, inclusive.
A. Daisies and or other flowering plants growing within a designated lawn area or lawn strip, shall not be permitted to grow taller than eight inches (8") within said designated lawn area or lawn strip.
(Ord. 64(22-23). Passed 7-21-22.)