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Amending Chapter 19 Addressing Tall Grass, Weeds, Noxious Weeds and Rank or Overgrown Vegetation
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6/22/2015
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Ordinance on Tall Grass, Weeds, Etc. <br />Page 3 <br />(e) Noxious weeds shall have the definition set forth in Indiana Code & 15- 16 -7 -2.3 <br />(f) Owner shall mean the owner of record listed in the records of the St Joseph County <br />Recorder's Office. <br />(g) Rain Garden shall mean a type of natural landscaping vegetation which are shallow, <br />vegetated basins which collect and absorb runoff from rooftops sidewalks and streets.4 <br />(h) Rank vegetation shall mean vegetation and plant growth not exempted under Indiana <br />Code 36 -7- 10.1 -3.5 <br />(i) Sustainable landscaping includes vegetation which is carefully selected to avoid the <br />use of invasive species which are in balance with the local climate and requires minimal use of <br />fertilizers pesticides and water which are functional visually pleasing and environmental) <br />friendly. <br />0) Vegetation shall mean all plants, trees, shrubs and weeds. <br />(k) Vegetation management tools include but not are limited to mowing trimming and <br />using herbicides.6 <br />(1) Weeds shall have the definition set forth in Indiana Code & 15- 16- 4 -40.' <br />' Indiana Code § 15- 16 -7 -2 lists Canada thistle, Johnson grass, Columbus grass, Bur cucumber, and Shattercane as <br />noxious weeds. Indiana Code § 15- 16 -7 -14 states that the Purdue University cooperative extension service is to <br />provide technical assistance to any weed control board in order to control and contain the growth and spread of noxious <br />weeds. <br />4 The Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) also refers to rain gardens as "bioretention or bioinfiltration cells <br />[which] mimic natural gydrology by infiltrating and evaportranspiring runoff. Rain gardens are versatile features that <br />can be installed in almost any unpaved space ", EPA publication "What is Green Infrastructure ? ", June 13, 2014. <br />1Indiana Code § 36- 7- 10.1 -3 provides that "weeds and other rank vegetation does not include agricultural crops, such <br />as hay and pasture ". <br />6 The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has categorized "vegetation Management tools" as mechanical, <br />manual, chemical, biological or cultural' with mowing being the most common form and best for weed control, Joint <br />Transportation Research Program — Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University Integrated <br />Vegetation management (IVM) for INDOT Roadsides, March 2014, p.1. <br />I Indiana Code § 15- 16 -4 -40 defines "weed" as "any plant that grows where the plant is not wanted <br />
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