As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
INVASIVE PLANTS
All native and nonnative plants, vines, and vegetation which
grow out of place and are competitive, persistent, and pernicious.
The plants may damage trees, other vegetation, or structures. Examples
of invasive plants include, but are not limited to, the following:
bamboo (including the clumping and running types), kudzu-vine, multiflora
rose, ragweed, poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison oak, as well as
other invasive plants with spreading or running-type root systems.
All property owners and tenants shall control the growth of
invasive plants and ensure that the growth of invasive plants does
not spread to, encroach upon, or otherwise invade or intrude upon
adjoining private or public properties, or public rights-of-way. Failure
to control the spread of such vegetation beyond the boundaries of
the property is a violation of this chapter.
All places and premises shall be subject to inspection by the
enforcement officer. Such inspections shall be performed by such person,
persons, or agency duly authorized and appointed. Such inspections
shall be made if that official has reason to believe that any section
of this chapter is being violated.
All new in-ground plantings of invasive plants are strictly
prohibited. All existing invasive plants shall be contained with the
boundaries of a property by appropriate physical barriers to prevent
the growth and/or spread of the invasive plants beyond the boundaries
of the property.
A violation of this chapter shall be further punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, General Penalty.