HomeMy WebLinkAbout1599 Amending City Code 215.020 Public Nuisances BILL NO: 2018-025 ORDINANCE NO: /s 9 9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 215.020 RELATED TO PUBLIC
NUISANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FOR THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
MISSOURI,as follows:
SECTION 1 –ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT. Section 215.020.B.3.a of the City Code of
the City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby amended to read as follows(language to be added
contains an underline; language to be repealed contains a stfikeflretk):
3. Weeds and vegetation. The following conditions shall constitute public nuisances:
a. Grass, weeds, and/or overgrown vegetation, that exceeds ten(10) inches in height,
or which otherwise obstructs a traffic intersection's clear sight triangle.
(1) Property may be exempt from the height limitation if the Community
Development Director,or his/her designee, finds that a waiver is warranted
due to safety concerns, environmental concerns, and/or aesthetic benefits
which do not unreasonably jeopardize the public's health, safety, and
welfare. Conditions or situations in which such waiver may be wan-anted
include but are not limited to property that:
(a) Cannot be safely mowed, such as due to steepness of grade,or rocky
terrain;
(b) Is highly erodible;
(c) Is undevelopable;
(d) Is in an undisturbed natural area;
(e) Is densely wooded;
(f) Is too wet to mow such as a marsh, wetland, storm water drainage
pond,or creek bank;
(g) Any lot or parcel of portion thereof upon which construction is
occurring.
(2) The Community Development Director,or his/her designee,may condition
any waiver on a requirement that i) the height limitation nonetheless be
satisfied for a certain number of feet beyond the edge of a street, road
surface, curb line, or sidewalk; and/or ii) for a stated duration.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision in this Code to the contrary, whenever
private property abuts a right—of—may or easement belonging to the City oof
Riverside, or any public entity. and there exists in such right-of-way or
easement a grassy area between the private property line and the midline of
said right-of-way or easement,then such grassy area shall be considered—
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for purooses of Section 215.020.B.3.a— to be a part of the private pro
which abuts the public right-of-way or easement, and it shall be the duty of
the Person responsible under Section 215.020.B.3.a for the maintenance of
the private property to equally maintain the massy area within the abutting
right-of-way or easement and all of the provisions of this Section
215.020.B.3.a shall apply with equal force and effect.
SECTION 2 – EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and approval.
BE IT REMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, PASSED AND
APPROVED by a majority of the Board of Aldermen and APPROVED by the Mayor of the City
of Riverside this 19'L day of 2018.
Aaron Thatcher, Mayor Pro Tem
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