HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1544ORDINANCE 1544
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1490, CITY CODE 2005
TALL WEEDS AND GRASS
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Chapter 4, Article 2, Section 4.203 of the Columbia Heights Code is hereby amended to
read:
4.203 WEED REMOVAL.
(A) The weed inspector or delegated assistant may inspect all premises and places
within the city for the presence of weeds, as defined below:
WEEDS. As used in this code shall include:
(a) Noxious weeds enumerated by Minn. Rules, part 1505.0730, as it inay be
amended from time to time.
(b) Any other uncultivated or uncontrolled weed growth, which have gone or
are about to go to seed, such as secondary weeds enumerated by Minn. Rules, part
1505.0740, as it inay be amended from time to time.
(c) Any tall weeds or grass growing upon any lot or parcel of land in the city
to a height greater than nine inches. The weed inspector may grant exceptions for
wildlife areas, areas bordering ponds, wildflower areas, ornamental grasses and other
such areas that are a part of an orderly landscape design.
(d) Such other vegetation as the Council shall, from time to time, designate
by resolution.
(B) The weed inspector or delegated assistant shall notify the affected property
owner that weeds which are on his property, must be eradicated, or controlled, in the
manner prescribed by the inspector. Such notice may be served personally or may be
served by mail.
(1) The notification shall require abatement of the weeds, or other prescribed
action, within four days from the date of mailing of notice.
(2) The notification shall state that the city will take appropriate remedial action.
to eradicate or control the weeds upon expiration of said four days, with a charge to the
property owner/property for costs.
(C) For properties for which there have been one or more notices issued within the
prior 12-month period, compliance with division (B) shall not be required. For those
properties, the first notice issued within a 12-month period shall contain a general notice
that the city may abate future violations without providing additional specific notice of
the violation.
(D) The weed inspector, delegated assistant, or other delegated agent of the city,
shall cause the removal or other prescribed action of any weeds located on public
property; or on private property, upon expiration of the prescribed notice to the owner.
(E) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply.
OWNER. The person who is listed as the contact person on any current rental
licensing application on file with the city, if any, or if none, the person listed as owner by
the County Assessor on the homestead record, or if none, the taxpayer as shown by the
records of the County Assessor.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after 30 days after its passage.
First Reading: Apri128, 2008
Second Reading: May 12, 2008
Date of Passage: May 12, 2008
Offered by: Williams
Second by: Diehm
Roll call: Ayes: Peterson, Williams, Nawrocki, Diehm, Kelzenberg
Attest:
r` Patricia Muscovitz CMC
City Clerk