(A) Owners of real property located within the corporate limits of the city shall cut and remove weeds and other rank vegetation growing on such property, unless such vegetation is part of an established agricultural enterprise and is currently being used for pasture or for the production of hay.
(B) “Weeds” subject to removal under this code provision shall be those weeds, grasses and other vegetation that are eight inches or longer in length, and “other rank vegetation” subject to removal under this code provision shall be vegetation growing with excessive luxuriance and vigor, which is at least eight inches in length or more.
(C) For the purposes of this section, the terms “length” and “height” shall be synonymous. A weed or piece of vegetation, if standing eight inches or greater in height and same bends or falls over, such that it continues to be equal to one foot or more in length, is in violation of the terms of this section.
(‘80 Code, § 12-16) (Ord. 941, passed 9-5-67; Am. Ord. 2403, passed 7-20-81; Am. Ord. 3204, passed 8-2-99; Am. Ord. 3725, passed 7-6-15) Penalty, see § 97.99