No owner of land shall permit the unregulated
growth of vegetation, including but not limited to weeds, grass, hedges,
bushes or shrubs, to be maintained on any property within the corporate
limits of the Town of Bridgeville.
No weeds, grass or other ground cover vegetation
shall exceed a height of eight inches at any time of the calendar
year.
[Amended 11-8-2004 by Ord. No. A04-8]
A. No hedges, bushes, shrubs, trees or other vegetation
shall be permitted to grow in such a manner as to inhibit the free
passage of or present a danger to pedestrians on any street, alleyway,
sidewalk or walkway.
B. No weeds, grass or other vegetation clippings, etc.,
shall be placed on any street, alleyway, passageway, sidewalk or walkway.
No hedges, bushes, shrubs, trees or other vegetation
shall be permitted to grow in such a manner as to inhibit the visibility
or the free passage of any motor vehicle on any street, alleyway or
passageway.
No hedges, bushes, shrubs, trees or other vegetation
shall be permitted to grow in such manner as to extend over the edge
of any street, alleyway, walkways or passageway, except at a height
which will not inhibit the free passage of pedestrians or normal motor
vehicle traffic.
[Amended 11-8-2004 by Ord. No. A04-8; 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. A11-1; 2-11-2013 by Ord. No. A13-2]
Upon failure of the property owner to comply with §
90-2 through and including §
90-5 of this chapter, the Town shall issue written notice to said property owner ordering compliance. If said property owner does not remedy this violation within three days of receipt of notice, the Town of Bridgeville shall cause the violation to be corrected, and the cost thereof shall be billed to the property owner. The owner of any property located within the corporate limits of the Town of Bridgeville having in any calendar year received notice pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to have received notice for the remainder of that calendar year.
[Amended 4-9-2012 by Ord. No. A12-2; 2-11-2013 by Ord. No. A13-2]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall pay such fines as set out in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, Penalties.
[Added 5-13-2013 by Ord. No. 13-6]
This chapter shall not apply to the following lands:
A. Lands used primarily for agricultural products, including cultivation
for sale of agricultural or forestry product; horticultural and floricultural
activities, such as flowers, shrubs, and trees intended for ornamental
or landscaping purposes; or
B. Undeveloped vacant property within a subdivision or residential planned
community which is a portion of an approved phasing and landscaping
plan that has yet to be developed by the improvement or the construction
of a building, home or other structural improvement containing one
or more acres and more than 25 feet from a public or private street,
road or alley.