§ 90.073 IMMUNITY.

   Neither the town, nor any person, shall be held to answer in any civil or criminal action to any owner or other person legally entitled to the possession any abandoned, lost or stolen vehicle for disposing of such vehicle as contemplated by this subchapter, so long as the town complies with the requirements of G.S. § 160A-303(f).

(1987 Code, § 8-3-17)

§ 90.074 JUNK YARDS.

   No junk yard shall be permitted within the corporate limits of the town. All such existing junk yards shall have delivered to them a notice, advising them that they are to cease operations by 1-1-1990. Junk yards existing beyond this date shall be in violation of this section.

(1987 Code, § 8-3-18) Penalty, see § 90.999

WEEDS, HEDGES, TALL GRASS AND OTHER VEGETATION

§ 90.090 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   WEEDS and NUISANCE VEGETATION. Includes the following which may occur on any lot within the corporate limits of the town:

      (1)   Weeds or tall grass exceeding an average of eight inches in height, or vegetation providing safe harborage for rats, mice, snakes and other vermin;

      (2)   Vegetation which obstructs the safe view of traffic at an intersection or driveway;

      (3)   Vegetation which creates a nuisance by its existence (i.e., poison ivy, kudzu); and

      (4)   Dead or dying trees or plants which may cause a hazardous situation if they fall.

(1987 Code, § 8-4-01) (Ord. passed 10-14-1997)

§ 90.091 WEEDS OR VEGETATIVE NUISANCE UNLAWFUL.

   It shall be unlawful for property owners to permit a weed or vegetative nuisance condition to exist on their properties.

(1987 Code, § 8-4-02) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.092 TRIMMING PLANTS AT INTERSECTIONS.

   The owner or occupant of any lot or lands lying and abutting on any intersection of two streets or any combination thereof in the town and having shrubs or bushes on such lot or lands, shall trim or cause to be trimmed all shrubs and bushes located within 25 feet of the intersection and abutting the sidewalk or the normal sidewalk location, so that no bush or shrub shall exceed three feet in height above the surface of either the sidewalk or the normal sidewalk location.

(Ord. 2010-006, passed 10-5-2010) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.093 DESTRUCTION OF TREES OR BUSHES.

   No person, except by direction or authority of the Director of Public Works, shall box, bore, cut, break down, deface, injure or destroy any trees, shrubs or bushes on any street or right-of-way.

(Ord. 2010-006, passed 10-5-2010) Penalty, see § 90.999