(a) The owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the corporate limits of the City, whether the same be improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, within five days written notice to do so, served upon him in conformity with Ohio R.C. 731.52, shall cut or destroy or cause to be cut or destroyed any noxious weeds or rank vegetation growing upon any such lot or parcel of land, and prevent the same from blooming or going to seed or exceeding a height of twelve inches.
(Ord. 439. Passed 11-7-72.)
(b) "Noxious weeds and rank vegetation" include but are not limited to:
(1) Any weeds such as jimson, burdock, ragweed, thistle, cocklebur or other weeds of a like kind;
(2) Bushes of the species of tall, common or European barberry, further known as berberis vulgaris or its horticultural varieties;
(3) Any weeds, grass or wild vegetation, other than trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants, growing to a height exceeding twelve inches.
(1983 Code Sec. 93.40)