Attachment 2 - Chapter 11 Garbage Refuse and Weeds RedlineChapter 11 - GARBAGE, REFUSE AND WEEDS[1]
ARTICLE II. - WEEDS
Sec. 11.20.010. - Definition.
For the purposes of this article, the word "weeds" shall mean all weeds gro wing upon or abutting
streets, alleys, sidewalks, or private property in the Town, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Weeds which bear or may bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature;.
(2) Weeds and indigenous grasses Sagebrush, chaparral and any other brush or weeds which
may attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent property;.
(3) Weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous;.
(4) Poison oak and poison ivy, when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace
to the public health;.
(5) Dead vegetation, fallen limbs, brush, combustible trash, or other flammable material which
endangers public safety by creating a fire hazard. Accumulation of garden refuse, cuttings,
limbs, lumber and other combustible trash.
(Code 1968, § 14-13)
Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1.10.015.
Sec. 11.20.015. - Removal by property owner required.
(a) No owner, agent, lessee or other person occupying or having charge or control of any building, lot
or premises within the Town shall permit weeds to remain upon such premises, or public sidewalks,
or streets, or alleys between such premises and the centerline of any public street or alley.
(b) Every property owner shall remove or destroy such weeds from such owner's property, abutting
sidewalks, and the abutting half of any streets or alleys between the lot lines as extended.
(c ) Property owners within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) whose property abuts hillside
collector and neighborhood collector roadway classifications shall remove or destroy such weeds within
five (5) feet of the roadway to prevent or avoid undue hardship in fighting fire.
(Code 1968, § 14-14)