(A) 
The term "weed" does not include vegetation that constitutes an agricultural crop, unless that vegetation is a health hazard or a traffic hazard.
(B) 
The term "weed" does include:
(1) 
Canada Thistle, Whitetop, Puncture Vine, Blue Flowering Lettuce, Toadflax, Spiny Cockleburr, Wild Morning Glory, Russian Knapweed, Tansy Regwort, Leafy Spurge, Water Hemlock, Poison Hemlock, Mattgrass, Mediterranean Sage, Yellow Star, Mush, and Scotch Thistle.
(2) 
Rose bushes or other thorn-bearing shrubs or trees that extend into a public thorough-fare, or across a property line.
(3) 
Vegetation that is:
(a) 
A health or safety hazard; or
(b) 
A traffic hazard because it impairs the view of a public thoroughfare or otherwise makes use of the thoroughfare hazardous.
(C) 
Between May 15th, and October 30th, of any year, the term "weed" also includes:
(1) 
Weeds more than eight inches high; and
(2) 
Grass more than eight inches high and not within the exception stated in Section 7.12.010(A).
(Ord. 387 §§1, 2, and 3, 1988; Ord. 434 §2, 1998)
No owner or person in charge of property may allow weeds to be on said property or in the easement of dedicated public thoroughfares abutting on the property. It shall be the duty of the owner or person in charge of property to cut down and remove or destroy weeds as often as needed, to prevent it from becoming unsightly, or from becoming a health, safety, or traffic hazard.
(Ord. 387 §4, 1988; Ord. 434 §2, 1998)
(A) 
No owner or person in charge of property that abuts upon a street, alley, or public sidewalk, shall permit trees or bushes on the property to interfere with street or sidewalk traffic.
(B) 
It shall be the duty of an owner or person in charge of property that abuts upon an improved or unimproved street, alley, or public sidewalk, to keep all trees and bushes on the premises, including the adjoining parking strip, trimmed to a height of not less than seven feet above the sidewalk and not less than 13 feet above the roadway.
(Ord. 387 §§5 and 6, 1988; Ord. 434 §2, 1998)
(A) 
A notice will be sent to all property owners, persons in charge, found not to have maintained weed control within the above mentioned guidelines. This notice will state the following:
(1) 
Location of property;
(2) 
A deadline of no greater than 10 dry days;
(3) 
The information contained in Sections 7.12.010, 7.12.020, and/or 7.12.030, as applicable;
(4) 
A charge per hour, with a minimum of one hour, for the process of having the City perform the work. Each additional hour, or part thereof, required to complete the work will be charged at the hourly rate. The amount of the hourly abatement fee shall be established by the Yamhill City Council by resolution.
(B) 
The procedural provisions of this chapter are not exclusive, but are in addition to procedural provisions of other chapters, ordinances, and rules and regulations.
(Ord. 387 §7, 1988; Ord. 434 §2, 1998; Ord. 446 §18, 1998)
(A) 
Any violation or infraction of this chapter will be punishable upon conviction as a violation in accordance with Chapter 1.36 of this code.
(B) 
The penalties imposed by this chapter are not exclusive and are in addition to any other remedies available under City ordinance or state statute.
(Ord. 445 §23, 1998)