Excessive undergrowth, etc

, declared a public nuisance; prohibited; exemption.

(a)

The existence of excessive accumulations or untended growth of weeds, undergrowth or other dead or living plant life (but not including any trees, plants or other vegetation protected by state or local law or nuisance vegetation) upon any lot, tract or parcel of land, improved or unimproved, within two hundred (200) feet of the boundary line of any improved property or within twenty-five (25) feet of any paved or graded road surface intended or designed for vehicular travel and located within any street right-of-way or land area dedicated for use as a public street or within two hundred (200) feet of any recreational area, all within the incorporated boundaries of the city, to the extent and in the manner that such lot, tract or parcel of land contains nuisance vegetation which exceeds a height of twelve (12) inches over the majority of the parcel or which threatens or endangers the public health, safety or welfare or may reasonably cause disease or which adversely affects and impairs the economic welfare of adjacent property is hereby prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance.

(b)

Trees or woody shrubs regardless of trunk diameter which the code requires obtaining a permit to remove shall be exempt from this section.

(Ord. No. 89-269, § 2(48-35), 10-12-89; Ord. No. 90-124, § 2(48-35), 5-17-90; Ord. No. 96-204, § 15, 9-26-96)