Ordinance Series 2012
Ordinance No. 12-02
An
Ordinance to Amend
Title 8
Of the Code of Emmitsburg
Entitled
Health and Safety
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Be It Enacted and Ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of the Town of Emmitsburg,
Maryland that Chapter Chapter 8.12.040 of the Emmitsburg
Municipal Code be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:
The amended section of this
regulation reads as follows with new language designated
by being in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS, and language
being deleted designated by being stricken
through.
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8.12.040 - Removal of grass and weeds.
All grass and weeds growing in the town shall be
controlled to the herein defined standards.
Allowed height in stream corridors. Within fifteen
(15) feet of the location where the bed of a
watercourse, such as a stream or rill, meets the bank,
vegetation should be maintained at a minimum height of
six inches, with a maximum height of eighteen (18)
inches allowed. Where location of the bank is not
readily determined, the town code enforcement officer
will delineate the location. Measurement will be linear
and in a horizontal plane.
Maximum height outside of stream corridors-in
undeveloped areas the maximum height allowed will be
eighteen (18) inches. In all developed and
improved areas, which includes all zoning districts, the
maximum height allowed will be eight inches. In the
event that the owner, occupant or person in possession
of any premises shall fail to trim or cut down and
remove any grass or weeds which are taller than herein
defined within five days from the receipt of a notice to
do so, the owner of said property shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. In the event that any person shall fail or
refuse to comply with such notice, it shall be lawful
for the town to impose a fine to said property owner of
up to seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per day.
PESTICIDE APPLICATION IS NOT CONSIDERED AN
ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO CONTROL GRASS HEIGHT.
PROPERTIES DEVOID OF ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURES IN
IMPROVED AREAS MAY BE DESIGNATED "MEADOW AREAS" BY THE
MAYOR OR TOWN MANAGER. MEADOW AREAS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
"LAND THAT IS COVERED OR MOSTLY COVERED WITH GRASS."
MEADOW AREAS SHALL BE CUT AT LEAST TWICE PER YEAR
TO A HEIGHT NOT IN EXCESS OF TWELVE (12) INCHES. ONE CUTTING
SHALL TAKE PLACE IN LATE SPRING AND A FINAL CUTTING
SHALL TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON.
(Ord. 08-03 (part): Ord. 03-13: Ord. 00-9: prior code
Art. V § 4)
Section II. Be it Further Resolved, Enacted and
Ordained that this Ordinance shall take effect on
the date on which the Mayor approves the Ordinance after
passing by the Board of Commissioners or on the date on
which the Board of Commissioners pass the Ordinance over
the veto of the Mayor.
Passed this 20th day of February, 2012 by a vote of
5 for, 0 against, 0 absent, and 0 abstain.
ATTEST:
By: /s/ Vickie Felix, Recording
Secretary
Board of Commissioners
By: /s/ Christopher Staiger, President
Approved this 20th day of February, 2012
By: /s/ Donald N. Briggs, Mayor
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