Legal Documents of Sweetwater

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having control of property in the city, regardless of whether the property is a vacant lot or contains any form of structure, to permit the growth upon such property of weeds, grass, brush, and all other rank or noxious vegetation to a height greater than twelve (12) inches when such growth is within 200 feet of occupied residential or commercial property, or is within 200 feet of any street, thoroughfare, or highway, within the city. The failure to cut and/or destroy such weeds, grass, brush, and all other rank or noxious vegetation shall constitute a violation of this section. (1982 Code, § 8-601)