§ 78-41. Certain weeds declared a nuisance and prohibited.
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The following plants shall be classified as noxious weeds and declared a nuisance and be prohibited from growing. In the event that these noxious weeds are found to exist outside of native planting areas, they are hereby declared to be a nuisance. It shall be unlawful to permit any of the following weeds to grow or to remain in any location other than a native planting area which has further restrictions. Noxious weeds for the purpose of this section are described as follows:
Common Name Scientific Name Burdock Arctium Carrot wild, Queen Anne's lace Daucus carota Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium Columbus grass Sorgum almum parody Dandelion Tarxacum Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata Grape vine, wild Vitis Jimsonweed Datura Stramonium Johnsongrass Sorgum halepense Kudzu Pueraria lobata Marijuana Cannabis sativa L. Poison ivy Rhus radicans Ragweed common Ambrosia aternisifolia L. Ragweed giant Ambrosia trifida L. Sowthistle perennial Sonchus arvensis Thistle Cirsium Thistle bull Cirsium vulgare Thistle Canada Cirsium arvense Thistle musk Carduus nutans
(Code 1974, § 19-17; Ord. No. 2008-21, § 1, 10-21-2008)