(a) The owner, occupant or any person, firm or corporation having charge and/or care of an improved lot within the municipality, shall cut down and remove therefrom, all vines, grasses, rank vegetation, and noxious weeds, any of which are of a height of six (6) inches or greater. For purposes of this section, an improved lot shall be any lot containing a building or dwelling that has been built upon the lot. For purposes of this section, noxious weeds shall be those plants with harmful or objectionable habits or characteristics which shall be deemed to include but not necessarily limited to ragweeds, uncultivated daisies, goldenrod, burdock, yellow dock, dandelions, thistles, wild carrot and any other weed or vegetable which exhales offensive or noxious odors or from which there is carried by the wind injurious, offensive or annoying pollen.
(b) The owner, occupant or any person, firm or corporation having charge and/or care of an unimproved lot within the municipality, shall cut down and remove therefrom, all vines, grasses, rank vegetation, and noxious weeds, any of which are of a height of eight (8) inches or greater. For purposes of this section, an unimproved lot shall be any vacant lot within a subdivision upon which no building or dwelling has been built. For purposes of this section, noxious weeds shall be those plants with harmful or objectionable habits or characteristics which shall be deemed to include but not necessarily limited to ragweeds, uncultivated daisies, goldenrod, burdock, yellow dock, dandelions, thistles, wild carrot and any other weeds or vegetable which exhales offensive or noxious odors or from which there is carried by the wind injurious, offensive or annoying pollen.
(c) The owner, lessee, agent or tenant, having the care of any land - (acreage) within the municipality which has not been subdivided into building lots, shall cut down and remove therefrom all noxious weeds, vines and grasses from such lot or land a minimum of four (4) times a year, between the dates of April 1st through October 31st or at any time such noxious weeds, vines and grasses are twenty-four (24) inches or higher. Further, the owner, lessee, agent or tenant, having the care of any land - (acreage) within the municipality which has not been subdivided into building lots, shall remove all paper and debris with a minimum of thirty (30) days between each paper and/or debris removal. This section shall not apply to land being used for agricultural purposes. As used herein, land used for agricultural purposes is that land used for raising and harvesting crops, for the raising, breeding, or the management of livestock, poultry, or for truckfarming, forestry, nurseries, or orchards.
(d) In addition to the requirements of subsections (a), (b) and (c) hereof, no person shall permit any grass or weeds to grow to a height of more than six (6) inches on any section of a public right of way, including an easement area, contiguous to his or her property and on his or her side of any pavement traveled by motor vehicles, except for areas designated by the City. (Ord. 1512. Passed 2-28-11.)