(a) Any person owning or having charge of land within the Village within 200 feet of any residential or commercial building shall keep said land free of high grasses and weeds. “High grasses and weeds” shall be any grasses or weeds in excess of eight inches high. Exempt from this definition of “high grasses and weeds” is the growth of native plants deliberately planted for conservation or aesthetic purposes, following a specific, prepared plot design. A parcel of land shall not be deemed free of high grasses and weeds unless the cuttings have been removed from the land or mulched so as to no longer be visible from the abutting lands.
(b) “Weed” or “weeds” is defined as a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants. Refer to the current listing of such plants found in Ohio Administrative Code Rule 901:5-37-01 | Prohibited noxious weeds.
(Ord. 23-07. Passed 4-10-23.)