Ordinance 2011-04 Ordinance No. 2011- - 1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE
OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
AMENDING THE NUISANCE REGULATIONS FOR WEEDS AND VEGETATION
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the United City of Yorkville,
Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 4 -1 -5.13.7 of the Yorkville City Code, as amended,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7. Weeds, grasses, plants or vegetation:
(a) Weeds. As used in this section. weeds shall include but not be limited to
burdock, ragweed, thistle, cocklebur, jimson, blue vervain, common milkweed,
wild carrot, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, wild mustard, rough pigweed,
lambsquarter, wild lettuce, curled dock, all varieties of smart weeds, poison
hemlock, wild hemp, other weeds of a like kind or as defined in the Illinois Exotic
Weed Act (525 ILCS 10 /1 et seq.).
(b) Height. It shall be unlawful to permit any weeds, grasses, plants or vegetation,
other than trees, bushes, cultivated flowers, vegetable garden crops or other
ornamental plants to grow to a height exceeding eight inches (8. ") anywhere in
the City and except as provided in the following subsections.
(c) Height Exception - Farming. Farming shall be allowed to continue on lots(s)
or tracts of land where there has been an established history of cultivation of the
land for a period of not less than one (1) year and crops shall be exempt from the
height regulations in (b) above.
(d) Height Exception — Vacant Property.
(1) To promote stabilization and re- vegetation for erosion control,
water conservation and to minimize weeds on certain property,
compliance with the following regulations shall exempt the
property from the height regulations in (b) above.
(2) The property shall have a minimum area in a R2 zoning district
of four (4) or more contiguous lots that are sequentially addressed
and owned by one entity, in a R2 -1) zoning district three (3) or
more contiguous lots that are sequentially addressed and owned by
one entity, or in all other zoning districts of not less than one acre.
(3) The property shall be prepared for planting by disking, roto-
tilling, chemicals or other methods approved by the City and
planted with the following seed species and at the following rate:
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Seed Species Pounds per acre
Annual Rye 44
Perennial Rye 44
Tall Fescue 29
Timothy 15
Alsike Clover 7
Alfalfa 7
(4) Mowing and Maintenance. The grasses on the property shall
be mowed to a height of less than eight inches (8.0 ") not less than
at the following times each calendar year: First Mowing - on or
before June 1; Second Mowing — on or before September 1; and
Third Mowing — on or before November 15. The property shall be
maintained without weeds and otherwise in compliance with the
Yorkville City Code."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval,
and publication as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
day 5 2011.
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ROBYN SUTCLIFF � DIANE TEELING
GARY GOLINSKI ARDEN JOSEPH PLOCHER
WALTER WERDERICH MARTY MUNNS
ROSE ANN SPEARS �_ GEORGE GILSON JR. Y�
Approved by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, this
07l day of jA,%iy4je y 2011.
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