Ord 2481 - City Wild Natural Areas COUNCIL BILL NO. 2876
ORDINANCE NO. 2481
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2338 (THE NUISANCE ORDINANCE)
TO CLARIFY THE CITY'S TREATMENT OF WILD NATURAL AREAS
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2338 (the Nuisance Ordinance) generally prohibits
noxious vegetation between May 1 and September 30 of any year; and
WHEREAS, certain real property located in the City consists of wild natural
areas where mowing is not practical, necessary or expected; and
WHEREAS, not mowing these wild natural areas could be construed to
violate the existing language of the Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, amending Ordinance 2338, as provided herein, will clarify the
City's treatment of these wild natural areas and eliminate the Ordinance
violation issues; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5 of Ordinance 2338 (the Nuisance Ordinance) is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5. Noxious Vegetation.
A. The term "noxious vegetation" means:
1. Weeds more than ten inches high;
2. Grass more than ten inches high;
3. Poison oak, poison ivy, or similar vegetation;
4. Berry vines and bushes that extend into a public right -of-
way.
B. Between May 1 and September 30 of any year, no owner or
responsible party shall allow noxious vegetation to be on the property or in the
right -of -way of a public thoroughfare abutting on the property. The owner or
responsible party shall cut down or destroy grass, shrubbery, brush, bushes,
weeds or other noxious vegetation as often as needed to prevent them from
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becoming unsightly or, in the case of weeds or other noxious vegetation, from
maturing or from going to seed.
C. The term "noxious vegetation" does not include vegetation that
constitutes an agricultural crop, unless that vegetation is a health hazard or a
fire or traffic hazard.
D. The term "noxious vegetation" does not include vegetation that is
located in environmentally sensitive or vegetated corridor areas unless that
vegetation is a health hazard or a fire or traffic hazard. Exclusion of these
areas from the scope of this Ordinance is intended to prevent or reduce
adverse impacts to the drainage system and water resources and in
combination with other state and federal laws protect the beneficial uses of
waters within the Pudding River Basin.
E. The term "noxious vegetation" does not include vegetation
growing on real property where the City Administrator by Administrative Order
has issued an exemption to this Ordinance. An Administrative Order
concluding that real property is exempt from this Ordinance shall be justified
by appropriate Findings and provided to the City Council by the City
Administrator, as information, by placement on the City Council Consent
Agenda.
F. The City Administrator may issue Administrative Orders with
Findings for City -owned real property that should be exempt from noxious
vegetation requirements.
G. The City Administrator may consider applications for
Administrative Orders with Findings from the owners of real property not owned
by the City who believe that their property should be exempt from noxious
vegetation requirements.
Approved as to form: (-19.€-M-_15- 1 S °
City Attorney /` Date
Approv-d: �
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Passed by the Council /0 /07.20 /(
Submitted to the Mayor /a /i / /z1
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Approved by the ► ayor /D//Z72/11
Filed in the Of 7fthe Re - • • - ► o 20//
ATTEST: 41�-lv
hristina Shea 'er, Sity Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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