(A) Except as provided under division (B) below, no owner or person in possession and control of any lot, place or area within the city, and no agent of the owner or person in possession and control, shall permit on the lot, place or area or upon any abutting area between the right-of-way line/property line and street pavement, any weeds, plants or grass, other than trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental vegetation, to grow in excess of eight inches in height.
(B) The following are generally exempted from the provisions of this section: land zoned agricultural (A-1) as designated by Ch. 155 of this code of ordinances, Zoning, and as shown on the official zoning map of the city, unless used for non-agricultural purpose. For purposes of this subchapter, AGRICULTURAL USE shall be construed to mean vacant land or the active production of crops, livestock, fowl or other conventional pursuits. However, portions of those lands exempted by this division (B) which are within 40 feet of the right-of-way of a public street or alley maintained for traffic, or within 40 feet of the property line of adjacent lands used for non-agricultural purposes, shall not be exempted from the provisions of this subchapter.
(1994 Code, § 99.02) (Ord. 421, passed 7-27-1992; Ord. 23-03, passed 5-22-2023) Penalty, see § 10.99