§ 14-56. Declaration of nuisance and prohibited conditions.

(a)

The existence of uncultivated vegetation, trees or the existence of an excessive accumulation or untended growth of grass, undergrowth or other dead or living plant life existing on any improved property to the extent and in the manner that such property is or may reasonably become infected or inhabited by rats, mice, other rodents, snakes, vermin, pests, or wild animals, or may furnish a breeding place or harboring place for flies, mosquitoes or other harmful insects, or impairs the economic welfare of adjacent property, or threatens or endangers the public health, safety or welfare of abutting property, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and thereby prohibited.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any owner or owners of an improved property to allow or to permit the existence of uncultivated vegetation or the existence of grass, undergrowth or other dead or living plant life, upon his or her property when said growth exceeds ten (10) inches in height from the soil level.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any owner or owners of any property, whether improved or unimproved, to allow the excessive accumulation of abandoned property, junk, trash or debris, and such accumulation is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and thereby prohibited.

(Ord. No. 2015-14, § 1, 5-5-15)