For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DESTRUCTION ORDER. The notice of the ordinance violation served on the property by a designated city official.
GARDENS. Cultivated areas dedicated to growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, ornamental grasses, shrubs, and similar plants, planted and maintained in well-defined borders.
NATIVE PLANTS. Grasses, including meadow vegetation, sedges (solid, triangular- stemmed plants resembling grasses), forbs (flowering broadleaf plants), trees, and shrubs, that are plant species native to or naturalized to the State of Minnesota, excluding prohibited exotic species defined by M.S. Ch. 84D. Native plants do not include weeds.
NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPE AREAS. Areas where native plants are being or have been planted in a well-defined and maintained border. Native plant landscape areas do not include gardens.
NATURAL AREAS. Undeveloped landscapes not changed, altered, moved, cultivated or planted by human or mechanical means, and which do not contain turfgrass.
PROPERTY OWNER. The person occupying the property, the holder of legal title or a person having control over the property of another, such as a right-of-way, easement, license or lease.
RAIN GARDENS. Shallow landscape features planted with moisture-loving wildflowers, grasses, shrubs and trees, used to manage storm water run-off by allowing water to soak into the ground.
TURFGRASS. Commercially available cultured grass varieties that are grown to create turf, including bluegrass, fescue, and ryegrass blends, commonly used in regularly cut lawn areas.
WEEDS. Includes but is not limited to the following:
(1) Noxious weeds as defined and designated pursuant to the “Minnesota Noxious Weed Law,” M.S. §§ 18.76-18.91, as amended from time to time.
(2) Grapevines when growing in groups of 100 or more and not pruned, sprayed, cultivated, or otherwise maintained for two consecutive years.
(3) Bushes of the species of tall, common, or European barberry, further known as berberis vulgaris or its horticultural varieties.
(4) Any weeds, grass, or plants, other than trees, bushes, flowers, garden plants or other ornamental plants, growing to a height exceeding 12 inches.
(5) Rank vegetation includes the uncontrolled, uncultivated growth of annuals and perennial plants.
(Ord. 0406, passed 7-13-04; Am. Ord. 2004, passed 11-10-20)