DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS
ENFORCEMENT POLICY
PURPOSE: To control
the spread of noxious weeds, wild parsnip, wild carrot, oxeye daisy, wild
mustard, or other harmful weeds growing on lands in Jackson Township.
NOXIOUS WEEDS: Means shatter cane (Sorghum
bicolor), Russian Thistle (Salsola
kali var. tenuifolia), or any plant designated a
noxious weed by the director of agriculture.
ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE:
- The Board of Trustees
receives written information that noxious weeds or other harmful weeds are
growing on lands in Jackson Township and forwards same to Zoning Department for
processing.
- An acknowledgement
letter is sent to the complainant signed by the Zoning Inspector.
- The complaint is
forwarded to the Zoning Investigator for inspection and report.
- If noxious weeds are
found by the Zoning Investigator, a resolution is adopted by the Board of
Trustees and sent by certified mail notifying the person in charge of the
land to destroy the weeds within five days of receipt of the resolution.
- If the person in
charge of the land fails to comply with the resolution, the Board of Trustees
shall cause the weeds to be cut or destroyed and may employ the necessary
labor, materials, and equipment to perform that task.
- The Board of Trustees
shall make a written report to the County Auditor of the Board’s action with a statement of the Board’s charges for
its services, the amount paid for the labor, materials, and equipment, and
a proper description of the premises.
These amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax
supplicate, shall be a lien upon the land from the date of the entry, and
shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the Township and placed
in the Township General Fund.
APPLICABILITY
This Policy shall be applicable for any lot in a
platted subdivision and other places of less than one acre in size.
EFFECTIVENESS
This
Policy shall be in effect each year from May 1 through September 30.
ADOPTED: November 29,
1994
AMENDED: June 6, 1995
June 25, 2001
July 14, 2003