(a) 
Maximum height.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning, claiming, occupying, or having supervision or control of any lot, tract, parcel of land or a portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, within the town, to permit grass, weeds, brush or other vegetation that is not cultivated to grow to a height greater than twelve (12) inches on an average upon said premises within one hundred (100) feet of any property line.
(b) 
Exception.
Land used for the agricultural purposes of grazing livestock and/or growing and harvesting of crop grasses shall be exempt from this article except that a ten (10) foot area adjacent to the side and rear property lines shall be maintained at twelve (12) inches or less at all times.
(Ordinance 16-04 adopted 2/22/16; 2006 Code, sec. 6.201)
It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation owning, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control of any lot, tract, parcel of land or a portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, within the town, to maintain grass, weeds, brush or other vegetation that is not cultivated, along the sidewalk and/or street adjacent to the property between the property line and the curb, or if there is no curb then to the paved roadway, at a height not greater than twelve (12) inches on an average.
(Ordinance 16-04 adopted 2/22/16; 2006 Code, sec. 6.202)
The areas listed below have been determined by the town council to be primary entry corridors for those entering the community in these high-visibility areas and the town will ensure the first ten (10) feet away from the paved road surface:
(1) 
Tripp Road from Beltline Road to Collins Road.
(2) 
Town East Blvd. from Beltline Road to New Hope.
(3) 
Belt Line Road from Tripp Road to Sunview.
(4) 
Jobson Road from Highway 80 to Town East Blvd.
(5) 
Collins Road from the north town limit to the south town limit.
(6) 
Clay Road from Collins Road to Scyene Road.
(Ordinance 16-04 adopted 2/22/16; 2006 Code, sec. 6.203)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control of any real property, occupied or unoccupied, within the corporate limits of the town, to allow such property to contain stagnant water, rubbish, trash, filth, carrion or other impure or unwholesome matter of any kind or to allow the sidewalks in front of this property to contain the same; and to allow any lots, grounds or yards to remain unwholesome or with stagnant water thereon as a result of such owner’s failure to cleanse and disinfect any house, building, establishment, lot, yard, or ground from rubbish, trash, filth, carrion or other impure or unwholesome matter of any kind.
(Ordinance 16-04 adopted 2/22/16; 2006 Code, sec. 6.204)
(a) 
In the event that any person, firm or corporation owning, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control of any lot, tract, parcel of land or a portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, within the town, fails to comply with the provisions of this article, then the town manager or his designated representative will give ten (10) days’ notice to the property owner in writing of the violation, in person or by first class mail addressed to that person at the address listed with the Dallas Central Appraisal District or town’s water records or by posting notice on the property. The town shall have complied with this requirement by advising owners of their responsibilities under this article one (1) time per calendar year.
(b) 
If the town mails the notice in accordance with subsection (a) above and the United States Postal Service returns the notice as “undeliverable,” the validity of the notice is not affected, and the notice is considered as delivered.
(c) 
In the notice provided above the town may inform the owner by regular mail and posting on the property that, if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature that poses a danger to the public health and safety on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the town, without further notice, may correct the violation at the owner’s expense and assess the expense against the property. If a violation covered by a notice under this article occurs within the one-year period, and the town has not been informed in writing by the owner of an ownership change, then the town may, without notice, take any action permitted by subsections (a) and (b) above and assess its expenses as provided by the Texas Health and Safety Code section 342.007, as it may be amended from time to time.
(Ordinance 16-04 adopted 2/22/16; 2006 Code, sec. 6.205)
(a) 
Authority to do work.
If the person, firm or corporation fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this article following the expiration of not less than ten (10) days of the date of the notification, the town may then enter the premises and do that work as necessary or cause the same to be done in order that the premises comply with the requirements of this article. The town may enter onto such premises and may do such work as necessary, or cause the same to be done, as often as violations exist, without further notification to the property owner per calendar year.
(b) 
Assessment of costs; administrative fee; lien.
A bill for the actual cost incurred, plus an administrative charge as found in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, resulting from the abatement of the above-described condition shall be sent to the owner of said premises and must be satisfied within thirty (30) days of the date of mailing of said bill. In the event that said bill has not been satisfied within the specified period, the town may file a statement with the county clerk of the expenses incurred in the abatement of the above-described condition on said premises and the town shall have a privileged lien on any lot or lots upon which said expense is incurred second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements to secure the expenses incurred, together with ten percent (10%) interest from the date such payment was due. For any such expenditure as aforesaid, suit may be instituted and recovery and foreclosure had in the name of the town, and the statement so made as aforesaid, or a copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended in any such work performed by the town.
(c) 
Immediate abatement of weeds over 48 inches in height.
The town may immediately abate the nuisances of weeds in excess of forty-eight (48) inches in height which are an immediate danger to the health, life or safety of any person.
(Ordinance 16-04 adopted 2/22/16; 2006 Code, sec. 6.206; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)
Whenever an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor or wherever the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor:
(1) 
The violation of any such provision of this article shall be punishable by fine in accordance with the general penalty provision in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(2) 
Each day of any violation of the preceding sections shall constitute a separate offense. Any violation of any provision which constitutes an immediate danger to the health, safety and welfare of the public may be enjoined in a suit brought by the town for such purposes.
(Ordinance 16-04 adopted 2/22/16; 2006 Code, sec. 6.208)