For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GRASS AND WEEDS. Includes, but is not limited to, Bermuda grass, centipede grass, fescue, rye grass, blue grass, western wheat species, buffalo grass, grama grass, needle and thread, green needle and any weeds and any volunteer woody plant material and other noxious or unhealthful vegetation. This does not include trees, shrubs, landscaped ornamental grasses and flower, fruit or vegetable gardens.
NATURAL AREA. Uncultivated and unseeded land, still in a state of nature. Any growth on land, once it has been cleared or plowed, is not a NATURAL AREA, even though it has not been planted or cultivated by anyone.
NOXIOUS MATTER. Trash, garbage and all other material which has been strewn about or otherwise apparently abandoned, or of no apparent value, which is unsightly, or which may be potentially hazardous as a breeding ground for insects and rodents and other undesirable animals, or which may prove hazardous to individuals using the area upon which these NOXIOUS MATTERS exist.
PASTURELAND. Land covered with grass or herbage and suitable for cutting hay or grazing by domesticated livestock, such as horses, cattle, sheep or swine.
(Prior Code, § 9-26) (Ord. 1328, passed 9-21-2020)
Statutory reference:
Abatement of nuisances, see SDCL § 9-29-13
Power to promote health and suppression of diseases, see SDCL Ch. 9-32
Remedies against nuisances, see SDCL Ch. 21-10