(a) The owner or occupant, or any other person, firm or corporation, having maintenance responsibility for any lot or land within the city, shall, between April 1 and October 31, cut down any and all offensive and noxious weeds, vines and grasses of a height of eight inches or more constituting a threat to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare as determined by the Director of Public Service or his or her designated agent. Weeds and grasses growing in stoned or paved areas, such as but not limited to parking lots, are also included.
(b) The owner or occupant or any other person, firm or corporation having maintenance responsibility for any lot or land within the city, shall remove all cuttings, except compost, constituting a threat to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare as determined by the Director of Public Service or his or her designated agent. The cuttings cannot be placed on the streets, alleys, sidewalks or other rights-of-way or public lands.
(c) "Owner or occupant, or any other person, firm or corporation, having maintenance responsibility" means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, or has charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, as an owner or an agent of the owner, or as a fiduciary, including but not limited to the executor, the administrator, the trustee, the receiver or the guardian of the estate or as a mortgagee in possession, regardless of how the possession was obtained.
(Ord. 24-2003, passed 7-21-2003; Ord. 26-2006, passed 11-6-2006; Ord. 5-2008, passed 3-3-2008)