(a) No owner, agent, lessee or other person occupying or having charge or control of any building, lot or premises within the city shall permit weeds to remain upon the premises, or public sidewalks, or encroach into any parkland (including any weeds encroaching over fences, or streets, or alleys between the premises and the center line of any public street or alley.
(b) "Weeds" as used in this chapter means and includes any of the following, growing upon streets, parks, public places, or private property in the city:
(1) Plants which bear or may bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature.
(2) Plants, shrubs, hedges, and trees determined by the Fire Marshall to constitute a fire menace due to their species, proximity to ignition sources, and high potential to endanger nearby buildings.
(3) Plants and shrubs which are otherwise noxious or dangerous.
(4) Invasive plants, shrubs, hedges, and trees having high potential to invade adjacent properties and high ecological impacts in the region as defined by the California Invasive Plant Council.
(5) Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health.
(6) Accumulations of garden refuse, cuttings, and other combustible trash.
(c) Every property owner shall remove or destroy such weeds from their property, and in the abutting half of any street or alley between the lot lines as extended.
(Ord. 5557 § 3 (part), 2022: Ord. 3982 § 1 (part), 1990: Ord. 1313 (part), 1950: prior code § 32.01)