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High Grass and Weeds

Title 9, Chapter 95.02

It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any property or a portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, within the city to permit grass, weeds, brush or unsightly vegetation to grow thereon to a height greater than 12 inches.

Title 9, Chapter 95.03

It shall be the duty of any owner or occupant of any real property to cut and remove all such grass, weeds, brush, tree limbs or unsightly vegetation.  The limits of the responsibility shall be as follows:   

• From the curb line adjacent to the property, or if no curb line exists, then from ten feet outside the property line including that area to the center line of the alley or public utility easement.
• All that area within 50 feet of the property line of a parcel or tract of land greater than 20 acres under single ownership.  Any property of 20 acres or less must be mowed in its entirety.

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