§ 30-32. Accumulation of weeds prohibited, declared nuisance; duty of owner.

The existence of an excessive accumulation or untended growth of weeds, undergrowth, or other dead or living plant life upon any lot, tract, or parcel of land, improved or unimproved, within 100 feet of any improved property or vacant lot within the city limits to the extent and in the manner that the lot, tract, or parcel of land is or may reasonably become infested or inhabited by rodents, vermin, or wild animals, or may furnish a breeding place for mosquitoes, or threaten or endanger the public health, safety, or welfare, or cause disease or adversely affect and impair the economic welfare of adjacent property, is hereby prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance.

(1)

It shall be the duty of all owners of lots, parcels and tracts of land within the city to keep such property in a safe, clean and presentable condition, and to remove therefrom all surplus grass, saplings, weeds and other growth and all trash and rubbish and to fill in all excavations and depressions thereon.

(2)

It shall further be unlawful for the owner or any other person in possession of any lot, tract, or other parcel of land in the city, improved or unimproved, to permit the accumulation of rubbish, trash, garbage, debris, weeds or bushes and the location thereof upon such property shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this section. Such weeds and bushes shall not be greater than 18 inches in height.

(Code 1985, § 94.20; Ord. No. 89-11, § 1(94.20), 7-11-89)