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'. ....~,c.qF,tpINANCENO. 594 CitVOF MOUNDS View' . COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 606, 607 AND 1005 OF THE MOUNDS viEW mUNiCiPAL CODe RELATED TO THE REQUIREMENT TO MOW TALL GRASSES AND CREATING AN EXEMPTION FOR WETLAND AND NATIVE VEGETATION THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: SECTION 1: Chapter 606 of the Mounds View Public Health and Safety Code is amended by adding new language and subdivisions exempting certain land uses and landscape treatments from Section 606.02, entitled "DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS BY OWNER": 606.02: DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS BY OWNER: All such grass and weeds shall be cut, pulled or destroyed whenever they shall exceed a height of eight (8) inches. The followina areas and tyoes of veaetation are exemote<j from this orovision if manaaed in a manner so as not to become infested with noxious weeds or to create a stagnant. foul smelling condition. Subd. 1 Native wetland veaetation found in wetlands desi9nated as Dart of the City's wetland zonin9 district-or in floodolains. drainaae oands ar ditches which store and convey stormwater. Subd. 2. Native veaetation found in natural areas which are Dart of oublic aDen soace parks and nature centers. Subd. 3. Areas on anv occuoied lot or Darcel af land havina wetland-tyoe veaetation because of neiahborhood drainage oatlerns, where the drainaae Danem is evident on, contour maDS and from field observation and' the vegetation is canfined to a sinale lot. ,c."""),,, '. seoarated from adiacent lots. and manaaed ATTEST:.' so as notto be a nuisance Subd 4 An area where the land and vegetation aooear not to have been araded. (SEAL) landscaDed mowed or otherwiSe disturbed (Bulletin: April 23, 1997) by human or mechanical means at anv time. . The Director of Communitv Develaoment shall use reasonable iudgement in determinimjJ what constitutes this tyoe of area based on the oresent aDoearance of the area and reselirch as to the historv of the area if such i'1formation is available. Subd. '5. An area of at least five 15\ acres used bv an educational institution or Dublic aaencv for prairie land restoration if the orior veaetation is eliminated and the orairie veaetation is olantEid throuah transolantina or : seed The area shall !;Ie cut at least once D6r year to. a heiaht of no more than eiaht 18\ Inches If weeds cover more than 25 oercent of the area. If such mowing is necessarv and the area is likely to be seen bv the oublic a . sian shall be oosted advisina that a meadow : o~ orairie is being established The size of the : sign shall be one C1l sauare-foot and it shall be no hiaher than three 13\ feet. SECTION 2: Chapter 607 of the Mounds View Public Health and Safety Code is amended by adding new language to Subdivision 1 g of Section 607.03, entitled "NUISANCES ENUMERATED": g. All noxious weeds, "tall grasses" defined as anything over eight (8) inches in height, and'other rank growths 1, exceot as exemoted in Section 606.02 of this Code. SECTION 3: Chapter 1005 of the Mounds View Building Code is amended by adding new language to a footnote within Subdivision 3 of Section 1005.05, entitled "HEALTH AND SANITATION STANDARDS": Subd. 3, Noxious weeds: All exterior property areas shall be kept free from species of weeds or plant growth which are noxious or detrimental to the public health2. SECTION 4: EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance goes into effect upon adoption by the City Council and 30 days after its publication in the official City newspaper. Read by the City Council of the City of Mounds View on~, 1997. Read and passed by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this ~ day of Ami\, 1997 u . ~ 181 Duane W. McCarty ,r;;. .';";'\".':'"I'".;,...,~laYC!~ IS/Charles s,WtililQg City Clerk-Administrator . --