§ 106-1. Excessive or noxious growth of vegetation.

The following described conditions occurring or being upon any lot, tract or parcel of land, improved or unimproved, within 100 feet of any improved property on which there exists a building, structure or other premises occupied by people within the city, or on any lot or parcel of land irrespective of its distance from any structure when the code enforcement board determines on a case-by-case basis, 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 animals, or may furnish a breeding place for mosquitoes, or threatens or endangers the public health, safety or welfare, or may reasonably cause disease, are each hereby prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance: an excessive accumulation or untended growth of weeds, grass, underbrush or undergrowth, or other noxious vegetation (but not including trees, plants, or other vegetation protected by state law).

(Code 1992, § 20-9; Ord. No. 384, § 2, 5-20-1997)