§ 96.03 DEFINITIONS.

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

   PROPERTY OWNER. Any person having a legal or equitable title in the real estate or premises.

   WEEDS, GRASSES and RANK VEGETATION.

      (1)   RANK VEGETATION. Any plant exceeding ten inches in height. Trees, shrubberies, flowers, ornamental grasses, and agricultural crops are not to be considered RANK VEGETATION unless they constitute an extreme deviation from the aesthetic appearance of the existing neighborhood or cause an immediate safety hazard.

      (2)   NOXIOUS WEEDS shall include:

         (a)   Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense);

         (b)   Johnson grass and Sorghum album (sorghum halepense);

         (c)   Bur cucumber (sicyos angulatus);

         (d)   Shattercane (sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench spp. Drummondii (Steud.) deWet);

         (e)   Poison ivy;

         (f)   Poison sumac;

         (g)   Poison oak;

         (h)   Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens);

         (i)   Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense);

         (j)   Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium);

         (k)   Wild mustard (Brassica kaber var. pinnatifida).

      (3)   WEEDS, GRASSES and RANK VEGETATION is the uncontrolled, uncultivated growth of annuals and perennial plants.

      (4)   WEEDS, GRASSES or RANK VEGETATION does not include shrubs, trees, cultivated plants or crops.

(Am. Ord. 2014-22, passed 9-2-2014)