(a) The following conditions provide harborage and breeding grounds for pests that are an immediate threat to human health, are therefore declared to be nuisances which shall be removed or abated from any property on which they are found:
(1) Grass over eight (8) inches in height;
(2) Noxious weeds including Russian, Canadian, Musk, or common thistle; wild lettuce; wild mustard; wild parsley/wild parsnip; ragweed; poison hemlock; wild carrot; ox-eye daisy; purple loosestrife; cressleaf groundsel; mile-a-minute weed; shatter cane; johnsongrass; grapevines; wild plants capable of causing skin reaction upon contact or of producing or aggravating hay fever, asthma, allergic respiratory reaction, or similar conditions, and all other noxious weeds;
(3) Refuse including trash, junk, garbage and food waste, offal, animal wastes, tires, and all other waste materials;
(4) Stagnant surface water.
(b) The owner, operator, or person in possession or control of the property shall remove or otherwise abate any nuisance described in this section.
(c) Noxious weeds shall be abated by removal, by turning under the soil, by destruction through the use of herbicides, or by any other means approved by the Director of Inspection.
(Ord. 145-18. Passed 4-24-18.)