§ 17-22. Overgrown vegetation, rubbish and stagnant water prohibited

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, claiming, occupying, or having supervision or control of any real property, occupied or unoccupied, improved or unimproved, developed or undeveloped, within the corporate limits of the City, to suffer, permit, or allow:

(1) Uncultivated grass, weeds, or brush to grow to a greater height than twelve (12) inches on any lot, tract, or parcel of land within the corporate limits of the City, five (5) acres in size or less (including any right-of-way, easement, or drainage ditch); for purposes of this provision, the City may rely upon the acreage of any lot as shown in the official records of the appraisal district for the county where the property is located;

(2) On tracts of land more than five (5) acres (including any right-of-way, easement, or drainage ditch), uncultivated grass, weeds, or brush to grow to a greater height than twelve (12) inches within one hundred (100) feet adjacent to or along any dedicated public street within the corporate limits of the City, or within one hundred (100) feet on any side of the boundary line of any lot upon which a structure that is used for a residence, business, or public or private facility is located; for purposes of this provision, the City may rely upon the acreage of any lot as shown in the official records of the appraisal district for the county where the property is located.

(3) Refuse, rubbish, junk, litter, trash, debris (vegetative, building, or other), garbage, discarded items, carrion, filth, animal or human feces, or any other unsightly or unsanitary matter to accumulate or remain on any lot or tract of land within the corporate limits of the City, regardless of the size of said lot or tract of land, whether developed or undeveloped, commercial or residential, occupied or unoccupied;

(4) Any holes, places, objects, or matter on any lot, tract, or parcel of land where water accumulates and becomes stagnant, or to permit same to remain; or

(5) Any condition to exist that constitutes any threat to the public health or safety, or constitutes a nuisance.

(Ord. No. 2000-020, § 3, 4-10-00; Ord. No. 2001-001, § 2, 1-8-01)