(A) No person shall allow, cause, permit or suffer obnoxious vegetation on property or in the right-of-way of a street, alley or sidewalk abutting the property. Obnoxious vegetation must be cut down or destroyed as often as needed to prevent the creation of a health, fire, safety or traffic hazard or in the case of weeds or other obnoxious vegetation, from maturing or going to seed.
(B) Obnoxious vegetation includes:
(1) Vegetation that is or is likely to become:
(a) A health hazard;
(b) A fire hazard;
(c) A traffic hazard, because it impairs the view of a public right-of-way or otherwise makes the use of the thoroughfare hazardous; or
(d) Grass and weeds exceeding ten inches. Properties used for crop cultivation and livestock grazing are exempt from the tall grass and weeds provisions if a five foot wide cut or cleared fire break surrounds the perimeter of the property.
(2) Poison oak or poison ivy; and
(3) Blackberry bushes or vines that extend into a public way, a pathway frequented by children or cross a property line.
(Ord. 1282, passed 9-4-2018) Penalty, see § 90.999