City of Iowa Park, TX: GENERAL PROVISIONS

The city hereby adopts a sanitary code consisting of minimum standards of sanitation and health protection measures as provided by V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code.

(b)

The provisions of V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, including the penalty therein provided, are hereby expressly referred to and fully incorporated into this section and adopted as the sanitary code of the city.

(2004 Code, art. 8.02)

§ 6.01.002 Responsibility of adjacent property owner for vegetation on public way.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for both the owner and the tenant of any property in the city abutting upon a street, alley or other public way to permit any weeds, grasses, or other vegetation whatsoever to grow anywhere therein to the centerline to a height of greater than five (5) inches.

(b)

No person, firm or corporation shall intentionally deposit, place, dump or cause to be deposited, placed or dumped any grass clippings, leaves or yard waste material of any kind upon the streets, alleys or public lands within the city limits.

(Ordinance 1266 adopted 4/22/19)