CHAPTER 8.24
WEED CONTROL

SECTION:

8.24.010: Findings

8.24.020: Purpose

8.24.030: Definitions

8.24.040: Duty To Control Weeds

8.24.050: Inspections

8.24.060: Notice

8.24.070: Appeal Of Notice

8.24.080: Enforcement Procedure

8.24.090: Emergency Action Without Notice And Hearing

8.24.100: Penalties

8.24.010: FINDINGS:

   A.   Section 10-11-1 et seq., of the Utah Code allows the City Council to designate and regulate the abatement of injurious and noxious weeds.

   B.   The City Council has determined that the designation, regulation and abatement of injurious and noxious weeds is in the best interests of the City for the protection of public health, safety and welfare. (Ord. 17-25)

8.24.020: PURPOSE:

The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the City and its inhabitants by designating, regulating and abating injurious and noxious weeds. (Ord. 17-25)

8.24.030: DEFINITIONS:

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: The officer referred to in section 17.172.010 of this Code.

DEPARTMENT: The Community and Economic Development Department.

DIRECTOR: The Director of the Community and Economic Development Department.

WEEDS:

   A.   Any vegetation that has become a fire hazard;

   B.   Any vegetation that is noxious, a nuisance, or dangerous, as determined by the Director;

   C.   Grass, stubble, brush, tumbleweeds, clippings and cuttings that create: 1) a fire hazard; 2) an insect, rodent, or other vermin harborage; or 3) other nuisance;

   D.   Poison ivy and poison oak;

   E.   Any and all plants specified as weeds in the Utah Noxious Weed Act, title 4, chapter 17, of the Utah Code, as amended, and its subsequent regulations; and

   F.   Vegetation determined by the Director to be undesirable, noxious, a nuisance, or dangerous. (Ord. 19-05: Ord. 17-25)