[Ord. No. 99-1149 §1, 10-7-1999; Ord. No. 2003-1325 §§1 — 2, 6-17-2003]
A. 
Failure To Keep Weeds, High Grass And Other Vegetation (Other Than Shrubbery, Trees Or Cultivated Flowers) Cut And Removed, A Nuisance. All persons owning or occupying any lot or tract of land in the City shall keep the weeds, high grass and other vegetation growing on such property cut and removed. Whenever such weeds, high grass or other vegetation (other than shrubbery, trees or cultivated flowers) shall attain the height of seven (7) inches or greater, it shall be deemed a public nuisance. Provided however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to tracts of land used for growing agricultural crops, nor to undeveloped tracts of land exceeding one (1) acre in size, or naturally wooded areas.
B. 
Unlawful To Maintain Such Nuisance. It shall be unlawful for any person to create or maintain a nuisance as defined in Subsection (A).
C. 
Liability. Whenever weeds, high grass or other vegetation in violation of Subsection (A) of this Section, are allowed to grow on any part of any lot or ground within the City, the owner of the ground, or in case of joint tenancy, tenancy by entireties or tenancy in common, each owner thereof, shall be liable.
D. 
Notice. The Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator shall give a hearing after four (4) days' notice thereof, either personally or by United States mail to the owner or owners, or his/her or their agents, or by posting such notice on the premises; thereupon, the Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator may declare the weeds, high grass or other vegetation to be a nuisance and order the same to be abated within five (5) days.
E. 
Disposition. In case the weeds, high grass or other vegetation are not cut down and removed within the five (5) days, the Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator shall have the weeds, high grass or other vegetation cut down and removed and shall certify the costs of same to the City Clerk. Provided however, that if the City of Frontenac is unable to cut down and remove the weeds, high grass or vegetation because the terrain is so rugged that it is impossible to maintain, this shall constitute prima facie evidence that the terrain at issue is a naturally wooded area under Section 250.090(A).
F. 
Tax Bill. The City Clerk shall cause a special tax bill therefor against the property to be prepared and to be collected by the Collector, with other taxes assessed against the property; and the tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be a first (1st) lien on the property until paid and shall be prima facie evidence of the recitals therein and of its validity, and no mere clerical error or informality in the same, or in the proceedings leading up to the issuance, shall be a defense thereto. Each special tax bill shall be issued by the City Clerk and delivered to the Collector on or before the first (1st) day of June of each year. Such tax bills if not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum.
G. 
If weeds, high grass or other vegetation are allowed to grow on the same property more than once during the same growing season, the Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator or his/her designee may, without further notification, have the weeds, high grass or other vegetation cut down and removed and the cost of the same shall be billed in the manner described in Subsection (F), above.
[Ord. No. 2021-1952, 6-29-2021]
[Ord. No. 2021-1952, 6-29-2021]
A. 
All intersections must have clear visibility on all corners for pedestrians and motorists. There shall be a triangular area formed by measuring thirty (30) feet along the curb lines of both intersecting streets that must be clear from any shrubbery, trees, plants, fences, or other vegetation or other impediments that obstruct the view of motorists or pedestrians. Grass and/or landscaping materials such as flowers and bushes are permitted in this clearance zone, provided, that such landscaping materials do not hinder sight distance for motorists in or approaching the intersection, pose a safety hazard, or exceed thirty-six (36) inches in height.
B. 
Driveways must afford motorists clear visibility of the adjoining street. Grass and/or landscaping materials or other items shall be planted or installed in such a manner as to not hinder sight distance or pose a safety hazard.
C. 
No person owning or occupying a lot in the City shall allow any tree, shrubbery, plant, fence, structure, or other impediment, or any part thereof, to be located within thirty-six (36) inches of a fire hydrant. It shall also be the duty of such person to ensure that any fire hydrant on or adjacent to such property is always clearly visible from the street (public or private).
[Ord. No. 2021-1952, 6-29-2021]
A. 
It shall be the duty of any person owning or occupying property in the City to: (i) cut down to ground level and remove all dead or dying trees (including diseased trees); and (ii) cut down or remove tree branches or limbs on such property which by reason of their location, size, or state of deterioration, reasonably constitute a danger to the public health, safety, or welfare, and remove from the property all parts thereof.
B. 
It shall be the duty of any person owning or occupying property in the City to remove from such property any trees or limbs that have fallen onto their property, including creeks. Discarding trees, limbs, leaves, and any other vegetative debris on or in any sink hole, waterway, swale, or any other watercourse is prohibited.
[Ord. No. 2021-1952, 6-29-2021; Ord. No. 2022-1983, 6-29-2022]
A. 
As used in this Section, the term "Bamboo" shall mean any monopodial (running) woody or arborescent grasses from the genera bambusa, arundinaria and dendrocalamus of the subfamily bambusoideae, from tropical or temperate regions having hollow stems and thick rhizomes, including, but not limited to, Acidosasa, Arundinaria, Bashania, Brachhystachyum, Chimonbambusa, Gelidocalamus, Indocalamus, Indosasa, Ochlandra, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Sasaella, Semiarundinaria, Shibataea, and Sinobambusa.
As used in this Section, the term "Bamboo Owner" shall mean any person plants, grows, or maintains Bamboo or who permits Bamboo to grow or remain, on property which such person owns or lawfully occupies.
B. 
It shall be .unlawful for any owner or occupant of property in the City to plant or install, or to restore or replace dead, diseased or removed plantings with, any of the invasive species identified below:
Invasive Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines
Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellate)
Bush Honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii (Amur) and Lonicera x bella (bella))
Callery Pear (Bradford Pear) (Pyrus calleryana)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
Bamboo
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Mimosa (Silk Tree) (Albizia julibrissin)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortune)
Invasive Wildflowers, Grasses and Other Non-Woody Plants
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Caucasian Bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii) Chinese Yam (Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas))
Common Reed (Phragmites australis australis)
Crown Vetch (Securigera varia (formerly Coronilla varia))
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolate)
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
Indian Strawberry (Mock Strawberry) (Duchesnea indica (syn. Potentilla indica))
Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
Japanese Stiltgrass (Eulalia) (Microstegium vimineum)
Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense)
Kudzu (Pueraria montana)
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)
Musk Thistle (Nodding Thistle) (Carduus nutans)
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneate)
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea Stoebe)
Teasels (Dipsacus fullonum and D. laciniatus)
White and Yellow Sweet Clovers (Melilotus albus and M. officinale)
Yellow Bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum)
C. 
In accord with the requirements of Section 263.180, RSMo., it shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of property in the City, including but not limited to any person, association of persons, corporation, partnership, to control all noxious weeds growing thereon so often in each and every year as shall be sufficient to prevent such noxious weeds from going to seed.
D. 
It shall also be unlawful for any owner or occupant of property in the City to plant or install, or to restore or replace dead, diseased or removed plantings with, any of the following noxious weeds:
Noxious Weeds
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense L. Scop.)
Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum L.)
Cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus L.)
Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.)
Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense L.)
Kudzu (Pueraria montana [Lour.] Merr.)
Marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.)
Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex Murr.)
Musk thistle (Carduus nutans L.)
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L. and any hybrids thereof)
Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium L.)
Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe L., including all subspecies)
E. 
Pre-Existing Bamboo.
1. 
On or before September 1, 2022, the owner of Bamboo planted before May 31, 2022, ("pre-existing Bamboo") shall register same with the Building and Planning Department ("Department") on forms to be provided by the Department.
2. 
Pre-existing Bamboo registered as provided in this Section may be maintained by a Bamboo Owner, provided that the Bamboo shall not intrude into:
a. 
Any neighboring property, the owner of which objects to the intrusion; or
b. 
Any public or private right-of-way.
3. 
If a neighboring property owner objects to Bamboo intrusion, or if Bamboo intrudes into any public or private right-of-way, the owner thereof shall inform the Department, which shall investigate the intrusion and, if verified, shall issue an abatement order to the Bamboo Owner as provided in this Subsection. If bamboo intrudes into any public right-of-way of the City of Frontenac, the Department may issue an abatement order to the Bamboo Owner as provided in this Subsection without any external complaint.
4. 
Notice And Abatement Order. If any Bamboo intrudes into an area restricted by this Subsection, the Department shall issue an order requiring the abatement of such bamboo within a prescribed time from the date of the notice, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, which time may be extended by the Director of the Department for good cause. The notice shall be served by personal delivery, by mailing it to the last known address of the Bamboo Owner, or by posting the property at a conspicuous location.
5. 
Abatement. Within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date of such notice, the Bamboo Owner shall effect the removal and eradication of the intruding Bamboo, including the root system, from the neighboring property and shall also install a barrier on and in the Bamboo Owner's property to prevent future Bamboo intrusion into the restricted area. Plans and specifications regarding the barrier's location, methodology, and installation shall be submitted by the Bamboo Owner and subject to the approval of the Department Director.