AN ORDINANCE
BY:
NO.
AMENDING CHAPTER 551, WEEDS, OF THE OAKWOOD GENERAL OFFENSES CODE BY UPDATING THE TITLE THEREOF TO LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, ADDING RELEVANT DEFINITIONS, REORDERING EXISTING PROVISIONS, AND INCORPORATING NEW PROVISIONS TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPE AREAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, STATE OF OHIO, THAT:
SECTION I.

Existing Chapter 551, Weeds, of the Oakwood General Offenses Code is hereby renamed as Chapter 551, Landscape Management, of the Oakwood General Offenses Code, and the same is hereby amended to read as set forth on the attached Exhibit, which shows new text in italic font and deleted text in strike-thru font, and which is incorporated herein by this reference.

SECTION II.

It is hereby found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in compliance with all legal requirements including § 121.22, Ohio Revised Code.

SECTION III.

This ordinance shall take effect as of the earliest date permitted by law.

PASSED BY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, this day of , 2022.
Mayor William D. Duncan
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
TO THE CLERK:
Please publish the foregoing by incorporating the same into the Codified Ordinances of the city.
City Attorney Robert F. Jacques