Title 7 - Health and Sanitation

7.20.130 Violations; Responsibility to Abate.

1. A.
   It shall be unlawful for any Owner, Occupant or Agent of property to allow on said property any:

   1. Excessive Growth of Vegetation;

   2. Noxious Weeds;

   3. Poisonous Plants to the Touch; or

   4. Invasive Plants that are not properly Controlled.

   Such prohibition shall include any areas between the property lines of said property and the center line of any adjacent street or alley, including, but not specifically limited to, sidewalks, streets, alleys, easements and rights-of-way. Any violation of this Section is hereby declared a nuisance, and is subject to abatement and prosecution as hereinafter provided.

2. B.
   The Owner, Occupant or Agent shall be responsible for the abatement of any violation of this Section. Further, it is the responsibility of the Owner, Occupant or Agent to clearly mark, stake out, or otherwise distinguish between trees, bushes, shrubs, flowers, and ornamental or garden plants, or any Controlled Invasive Plants, as compared to any Excessive Growth of Vegetation, any Noxious Weeds, any Poisonous Plants to the Touch, or any uncontrolled growth of Invasive Plants in the surrounding area.
3. C.
   Vegetation which constitutes one of the following shall not be deemed a violation under A.1. of this Section:

   1. 1.
      Planned Sustainable Landscape,
   2. 2.
      Controlled ornamental or food producing garden;
       

Provided such vegetation does not encroach on adjacent property.

(History: Ord. NU-2939 §4, 2011; NU-1376 §1, 86)

Effective on: 1/1/1901