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CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXA9
ORDINANCE No. 0-73-130 A
TARRANT COUNTY
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AN ORDINANCE MAKING THE UNREGULATED GROWTH OF WEEDS OR GRASS
A NUISANCE; ESTABLISHING A DUTY OF THE OWNER TO CUT AND REMOVE
WEEDS OR GRASS CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE; AND FURTHER PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY TO BE LEVIED AGAINST SUCH PROPERTY OWNERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE,
TEXAS:
Section I - Growth to certain height prohibited; premises deemed
nuisance.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or person in control of
any occupied or unoccupied premises, to permit weeds or grass to
grow to a height greater than twelve (12) inches upon the premises,
including the front or side parkway between the property line or
sidewalk and the curb and the rear or side parkway between the
property line and the pavement or traveled way; provided that
where the alley is not open to traffic that the parkway in such
cases shall be considered to be between the property line and the
center line of the alley. Any premise upon which weeds or grass
are permitted to grow to a height greater than twelve (12) inches,
shall be deemed a nuisance as a fire hazard and as dangerous to
public health. It shall likewise be unlawful for the owner or
person in control of any premises within the city to leave weeds
or grass on such premises after they have been cut, and it shall
be the duty of the owner or person in control of any premises
within the city to remove weeds or grass from such premises after
they have been cut.
Section 2 - Duty of owner as to cutting and removal of weeds or
grass.
It shall be the duty of any owner or person in control of any
occupied or unoccupied premises to cut and remove all weeds and
grass as often as may be necessary to comply with the preceding
section ; provided, that the removing and cutting of weeds or
grass at least once in every three (3) weeks shall be deemed to be
in compliance with the section. It shall be the duty of any owner
or person in control of the occupied or unoccupied premises to use
every precaution, in order to prevent the weeds or grass from
growing on such premises so as to become a nuisance.
Section 3 - Duty of the Fire Marshal.
It shall be the duty of the City Fire Marshal to enforce the
provisions of this Ordinance.
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(- Section 4 - Notice to remove we~,ds.;; ~:eJ;:'lic;~".t;.Q:;Q~~.:.
It shall be the duty of the Fire Marshal to notify the owner
or person in control of any premises within the City, not strictly
used for agricultural purposes, on which are growi~g weed~or grass in
height greater than twelve (12) inches, to remove ..aaid weeds a!::
grass within ten (10) days. This notice shall be;in wri~g and
may be served on the owner or person in control by handin.i6: ir EO
him in person, by United States certified mail, return receipt.; I
requested, addressed to such owner or person in colttrol ~! hi~"
post office address or in the event the owner or ;person in control
cannot be found and the certified letter is retu~n~~ by the United
Stated postal service, then by publication as maRY~~s two (2)~imes
within the ten (10) consecutive days in the offi~i~l newspapet:as
adopted by the City Council.
Section S - Failure to cut and/or remove weeds.
Failure to cut and/or remove weeds when notified to do so as
set forth in this ordinance shall be cause for the property owner
or owners to be in violation of this ordinance and deemed guilty
of a misdeameanor which upon conviction shall be liable to a fine
not to exceed two-hundred ($200.00) Dollars whereas each day that
such non-compliance continue shall constitute a seperate offense
and punishable as a seperate offense.
PASSED AND AOOPrED THIS ~ DAY OF ~ ' 1974 A.D.
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH CITY OF COLLEYV LLE, TEXAS.
APPROVED:
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J A. ANDREWS, Mayor
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STATE OF TEXAS 1
.COUNTY OF TARRANT
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REUJRDFlJn ii' \ ,~" DEeD RECORDS
of Tarranr County, TU:i.C ;.:; i:c18011 by me.
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