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City of Cedar Falls - Parks: Code of Ordinance Page 2 of 3 (11)Wild mustard (Brassica arvensis), annual; (12)Wild carrot(Daucus carota), biennial; (13) Buckhorn (Plantago lanceolata), perennial; (14) Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), perennial; (15) Sour dock(Rumex crispus), perennial; (16) Smooth dock (Rumex altissimus), perennial; (17) Poison hemlock(Conium maculatum); (18)Wild sunflower(wild strain of Helianthus annus L.), annual; (19) Puncture vine (Trimbulus terrestris), annual; (20)Teasel (Dipasacus), biennial; (21) Grass exceeding 12 inches in height; and (22)Wild vines or wild bushes. (b)The following areas are hereby declared not to be a nuisance as defined in subsection (a)of this section: (1) Prairie grass areas, wildflower planting areas, natural reserve and preserve areas, urban woodlots, wildlife refuge and conservation areas, wetlands and natural waterways, all as recognized and identified by a governmental agency. (2) Land zoned agricultural under the zoning ordinance of the city exceeding five acres in size. (3) Other conservation or natural areas deemed appropriate by the city council after consultation with the director of human and leisure services or his/her designee. -u to otop- Sec. 20-263. Failure to destroy noxious weeds; right to hearing; destruction by city. (a) If the owner or person in the possession or control of any land within the city fails or refuses to cut or otherwise destroy the grass, vines, bushes or weeds declared a nuisance as provided in section 20-262 within ten days after notice in writing has been given to such owner and person in possession or control of land within the city, the owner or other person in possession or control of such land shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article and punished accordingly. Such written notice to cut or otherwise destroy the vegetation declared a nuisance in this article shall be sent by certified mail to the owner of record and the person in possession or control of the land in question. Such ten-day notice to cut or otherwise destroy shall be deemed to commence on the date of mailing of the written notice. (b) Each owner and each person in possession or control of any land within the city may request a hearing with the department of human and leisure services of the city to consider any objections and protests to the proposed cutting or otherwise destroying of the vegetation declared in this article to be a nuisance. The parks services division manager, acting under the direction of the director of human and leisure services, shall have full power and authority to enter upon any land within the city for the purpose — of destroying a nuisance. The parks services division manager shall coordinate the removal of the nuisance with the public works department if necessary. Such entry may be made without the consent of the landowner or person in possession or control of the land, but actual work of destruction shall not be commenced until five days after the service of a notice in writing on the landowner and on the person in possession or control of the land. Such notice shall state the facts as to failure of compliance with the notice provided for in subsection (a) of this section, and shall be mailed by certified mail. In computing the time under this section, it shall be from the date of mailing, as evidence by the certified mail receipt. (c)The actual cost and expense of cutting or otherwise destroying the ,ve etationtogether with the cost 9 9 of serving of notice, the costs of special meetings or proceedings, if any, and the costs of supervision and administration, shall be recovered by an assessment against the tract of land on which the vegetation was growing. -u to otop- Sec. 20-279. Recreational trails. The following rules and regulations apply to all recreational trails within the City of Cedar Falls, Iowa: http://www.ci.cedar-falls.ia.us/human leisure/parks/parks_parkcode.htm 1/11/2006