§ 30-19. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Calendar year means that period of time beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of the same year.

    Weeds means any of the following:

    (1)

    Brush and woody vines;

    (2)

    Indigenous grasses which may attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property;

    (3)

    Plants with seeds of a downy or wingy nature;

    (4)

    Plants located in an area which harbors rats, insects, animals, reptiles, or any other creature, which either may or does constitute a menace to health, public safety, or welfare;

    (5)

    Indigenous grasses on or about residential property which are at least 12 inches in height, and therefore have a blighting influence on the neighborhood.

(Prior Code(2), § 8.30.010; Ord. No. 3765, § 1, 1998)