§ 250-5. Vegetation.

A. 

Prohibited growths. It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, occupant or any agent, servant, representative or employee of any such owner, lessee or occupant having control of any occupied or unoccupied lot or land or any part thereof in the City of New Rochelle to permit or maintain on any such lot or land or on or along the sidewalk, street or alley adjacent to the same between the property line and the curb or middle of the alley or the edge of the street pavement if there is no curb any growth of weeds, grass or other rank vegetation to a greater height than six inches or any accumulation of dead weeds, grass or brush. It shall also be unlawful for any such person or persons to cause, suffer or allow poison ivy, ragweed or other poisonous plants detrimental to health to grow on any such lot or land in such manner that any part of such ivy, ragweed or other poisonous or harmful weed shall extend upon, overhang or border any public place or allow seed, pollen or other poisonous particles or emanations therefrom to be carried through the air into any public place.

B. 

Duty of owner, lessee or occupant. It shall be the duty of any owner, lessee or occupant of any lot or land to cut and remove or cause to be cut and removed all such weeds, grass or other rank, poisonous or harmful vegetation as often as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of § 250-5A.

Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former § 250-5 as § 250-7.

Added 5-20-1997 by Ord. No. 104-1997