Okaloosa County BOCC — October 6, 2015 — Municipal Vegetation Standards — reading text

Municipal Vegetation Standards Ft Walton Beach – 12 inches 5. 07.01 Standards for improved property: S. Grass, weeds and uncultivated vegetation: All grasses or weeds, and uncultivated vegetation, shall not exceed twelve (12) inches in height on improved property, including the area between the edge of the pavement in the street and the lot line. Crestview - 12 inches Sec. 38-3. - Conditions and conduct. The existence of any of the following specific conditions or conduct is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance as that item is used in this chapter: (7) The existence of excessive growth of weeds or vegetation, or the existence of any accumulation of debris, trash, garden trash, junk, untended growth of vegetation, or undergrowth of dead or living vegetation, upon any property to the extent and manner that such property contains or is likely to contain rodents, reptiles or other vermin, or furnishes a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes, or wood-destroying insects, or otherwise threatens the public health, safety or welfare. Excessive growth means the growth of weeds or plants which are not cultivated or landscaped or regularly tended which reach a height in excess of 12 inches. Cinco Bayou – 10 inches Sec. 26-32. - Illustrative enumeration. The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of any of the following items, conditions or actions is hereby declared to be and constitute a nuisance; provided, this enumeration shall not be construed as a designation of all nuisances: (1) Any weeds such as broom grass, jimson, burdock, ragweed, sandspur or other similar weeds; or any other vegetation, other than trees, ornamental bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants with a height exceeding ten inches. Niceville – 12 inches Sec. 9-36. - Excessive growth prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for persons who shall own, control or occupy any lot, parcel of land or premises in the city to allow weeds to grow within one hundred (100) feet of the right-of-way line of any county, city or state street or road within the city limits or within one hundred (100) feet of the water's edge within the city limits, upon such lot, parcel of land or premises to a height exceeding twelve (12) inches. Shalimar – 10 inches Sec. 26-29. - Landscape maintenance. Modified (b) Buildings and lots. It is unlawful for any person who owns or is in possession of, in charge of or in control of any developed lot or parcel of land in the town to allow weeds and grasses to grow upon such property to a height exceeding ten inches, or to permit rubbish, trash, debris, dead trees or other unsightly or unsanitary matter to remain thereon that create harborage for rodents or vermin or to permit weeds, grass, vines, or any such conditions to grow on any fence so as to encroach on any public sidewalk or fire hydrant. The branches and limbs of all trees which extend outside of the private property lines, must be trimmed so as to have a clearance of at least eight feet over and above abutting sidewalks, and all limbs and branches trimmed so that if any branches or limbs extend over any street or roadway there shall be a clearance of at least 14 feet over such roadway. Weeds. Plants that by reason of abandonment, lack of care or lack of maintenance choke out growth or other plant material in the area. Dead, dying or unattended plant life, named or unnamed, which abandoned or overgrown to a height in excess of ten inches in height shall, for the purpose of this Code, be defined as a weed unless it is pristine. Valparaiso – 24 inches Sec. 54-21. - Purpose and intent; findings of fact. (3) The accumulation of trash, junk, debris, dead plant material, or the excessive growth of grass, weeds, brush, or branches, or the existence of a blighted building in the city is visually unpleasant to a reasonable person of ordinary, average sensibilities; a visual nuisance tends to depreciate the values of neighboring property, thereby injuring the general welfare. Excessive growth means lawn, grass or weeds in excess of 24 inches in height. Mary Esther – 8/18 inches Sec. 10-23. - Duty of property owner. (a) It shall be the duty of the owner(s) within the city to maintain their lot, tract or parcel and the abutting right-of-way (but not including that area which is paved as roadway) consistent with the following standards: (1) The owner, lessees or other persons in control of property, developed or undeveloped, within the city shall cut down and remove all weeds, grass, and undergrowth on said property when said weeds, grass or undergrowth exceeds eight (8) inches in height for developed properties and eighteen (18) inches for undeveloped properties.