The following terms, for the purpose of this chapter, shall be defined as follows:
BOULEVARD:
Rural Streets: The public right-of-way lying between the outside line of the area maintained by the City for roadway purposes by right-of-way or prescriptive easement and the edge of the paved or unpaved roadway surface, including shoulders.
Urban Streets: The public right-of-way lying between the property line and sidewalk, and between the sidewalk and the roadway, or where no sidewalk exists, between the property line and the roadway.
CURRENT SERVICE: One or more of the following: snow, ice or rubbish removal from sidewalks; weed elimination from street grass plots adjacent to sidewalks or from private property; removal or elimination of public health or safety hazards from private property, excluding any hazardous building included in Minnesota Statutes, sections 463.15 to 463.26; installation or repair of water service lines; street sprinkling, street flushing, light street oiling, or other dust treatments of streets, repair of sidewalks and alleys; trimming and care of trees and removal of unsound and insect infected trees from the public streets or private property; the operation of a street lighting system; the operation and maintenance of a fire protection system; or pedestrian skyway system.
NATURAL LANDSCAPING: Any land managed to preserve or restore native Minnesota grasses, forbs, native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and aquatic plants.
NATURAL LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE PLAN: A document submitted with an application for a natural landscaping permit demonstrating a precise course of maintenance for numerous individual plants in a landscape over months and seasons.
NATURAL LANDSCAPING PERMIT: A permit issued by the City pursuant to this chapter allowing an owner or occupant to cultivate native Minnesota grasses, forbs, native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and aquatic plants upon his/her property, subject to the restrictions of this chapter.
NOXIOUS WEED: An annual, biennial or perennial plant that the State of Minnesota designates to be injurious to public health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock or other property.
TURF GRASS: Cultivated vegetation consisting of a highly maintained surface of dense grass underlain by a thick root system.
UNDESIRABLE PLANT: A nonnoxious species that is classified as exotic, invasive, injurious or poisonous including, but not limited to, broadleaf and grass weeds. (Prior Code § 5-7-1)