(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager, lessee, tenant, or other person occupying or having charge or control of any lot in the city to permit unmaintained vegetation and weeds to remain upon said city lot. This requirement shall apply not only to the lot but also to the area between the lot line and the
street surface within the right-of-way adjoining the lot. All weeds as hereinafter defined are hereby declared a nuisance and are subject to abatement as hereinafter provided.
(B) "Weeds" as used herein, means any of the following:
(1) Brush and woody vines;
(2) Vegetation and grasses, categorized as weeds, and any growth of the soil which attains such growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent property;
(3) Any growth or product of the soil which bear or may bear seeds of a down or wing type nature;
(4) Vegetation which is located in an area which harbors rats, insects, animals, reptiles, or any other creature which either may or does constitute a menace to health, public safety or welfare;
(5) Vegetation and grasses on or about property which would be categorized as weeds, having a negative appearance on the neighborhood.
(C) "Vegetation" as used herein, means any growth or product of the soil except a vegetable garden, ornamental flowers or shrubs, trees, grain or food crops, if kept and maintained free of weeds and grass.
(Ord. 2023-16, passed 10-5-2023)