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<br />Sec. 17-22. Overgrown vegetation, rubbish and stagnant water prohibited.
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<br />It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, claiming, occupying, or
<br />having supervision or control of any real property, occupied or unoccupied, improved
<br />or unimproved, developed or undeveloped, within the corporate limits of the city, to
<br />suffer, permit, or allow:
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<br />(1) Uncultivated grass, weeds, or brush to grow to a greater height
<br />than twelve (12) inches on average on any lot, tract. or parcel of land within
<br />the corporate limits of the city, five (5) acres in size or less, including any
<br />right-of-way, easement, or drainage ditch; for purposes of this provision, the
<br />City may rely upon the acreage of any lot as shown in the official records of
<br />the appraisal district for the county where the property is located;
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<br />(2) On tracts ofland more than five (5) acres (including any right-of-
<br />way, easement, or drainage ditch), grass, weeds, or brush in excess of twelve
<br />(12) inches on average in height to grow uncultivated within one hundred
<br />(100) feet adjacent to or along any dedicated public street within the
<br />corporate limits of the city or within one hundred (100) feet on any side of
<br />the boundary line of any lot upon which a stmcture that is used for a
<br />residence, business, or public or private facility is located; for purposes of
<br />this provision, the City may rely upon the acreage of any lot as shown in the
<br />official records of the appraisal district for the county where the property is
<br />located;
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<br />(3) Refuse, rubbish,junk, litter, trash, debris (vegetative, building, or
<br />other), garbage, discarded items, carrion, filth, animal or human feces, or any
<br />other unsightly or unsanitary matter to accumulate or remain on any lot or
<br />tract of land within the corporate limits of the city, regardless of the size of
<br />said lot or tract of land, whether developed or undeveloped, commercial or
<br />residential, occupied or unoccupied;
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<br />(4) Any holes, places, objects, or matter on any lot, tract, or parcel of
<br />land where water accumulates and becomes stagnant, or to permit same to
<br />remain; or
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<br />(5) Any condition to exist that constitutes any threat to the public
<br />health or safety, or constitutes a nuisance.
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