(A) The accumulation of combustible vegetation, dead, dying or diseased trees, green waste, rubbish, and other combustible materials within the town, is hereby found to create a fire hazard and is potentially injurious to the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
(B) Therefore, the presence of such combustible vegetation, dead, dying or diseased trees, green waste, rubbish, and other materials on parcels as hereinafter defined is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance, which may be abated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and A.R.S. § 9-499. Nothing in this chapter shall replace or conflict with the authority of the Town of Payson Zoning Administrator to eradicate noxious weeds under other provisions of this code or applicable sections of the A.R.S. Title 3, Chapter 4, Article 2; Agriculture § R3-4-245 "Noxious Weeds".
(C) For purposes of this chapter, combustible vegetation does not include single specimens of trees, fire-resistant ornamental shrubbery and other fire-resistant planting materials, native or cultivated ground covers, which the Fire Chief determines do not form a means of rapidly transmitting fire from native or landscape plants to any improvement or other vegetation.
(Ord. 922, passed 8-13-20; Res. 3215, passed 8-13-20)