which is incorporated herein by reference as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Ornamental plant” means grasses, perennials, annuals, and groundcovers purposefully planted for aesthetic reasons.
“Rain garden” means planting designed not only to aesthetically improve an area, but also to reduce the amount of stormwater and accompanying pollutants from entering the watershed.
“Turf-grass” means any variety of grass commonly used in regularly cut lawns, typically maintained at a height of no more than five (5) inches.
“Weed" includes but is not limited to any brush, vegetation rubbish or vegetation litter (including leaves, other than leaves spread or left to over-winter as a mulching treatment in prepared beds ), accumulating or permitted to lie upon any property within the City; and all vegetation that is not managed or maintained by the owner or person in control of the property on which all such vegetation is located which generally exceeds the height restrictions in this Chapter, but excluding trees, shrubs and/or cultivated flowers and gardens.
551.02 PERIODIC CUTTING REQUIRED
(a)
It is hereby determined that weeds or turf-grass growing at a height of eight (8) inches or higher upon any property in the City are a public nuisance. The owner, occupant or other person or entity having charge or care of any lot or parcel of land within the City, whether the same is improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, shall cut down and remove therefrom all offensive or noxious weeds, vines, grasses and vegetation weeds and turf-grass of a height of eight (8) inches or greater, or and any and all weeds, vines, grasses and vegetation constituting a threat to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare.
(b)
The owner, occupant or other person or entity having charge or care of land adjacent to a public street or public alley shall be responsible under this Chapter 551 for the cutting or removal of offensive or noxious weeds, vines, turf-grass and vegetation located on the unpaved street or alley right-of-way adjacent to such land, to the same standard set forth in subsection 551.01(a). (Also see 521.07, 521.17 and 1707.01.)
The duty to cut or remove offensive or noxious weeds, vines, turf-grasses and vegetation, set forth in this section 551.01, shall not apply to the extent land has been