Landscaping Rules in Sedgwick County, KS (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Sedgwick County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Weed Ordinances

Sedgwick County's Chapter 19 Nuisance Code makes grass or rank vegetation over 18 inches on unincorporated property a nuisance. Separately, Kansas Noxious Weed Law (K.S.A. 2-1314) legally requires every landowner to eradicate state-declared noxious weeds.

Weed and Overgrown-Lot Nuisance Rules

Some Restrictions

K.S.A. 2-1314(a)

It shall be the duty of persons to control the spread of and to eradicate all species of plants declared to be noxious weeds on all lands owned or supervised by them and to use such official methods for the control and eradication, and at such times as are approved and adopted by the secretary.

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Native Plants

Unincorporated Sedgwick County exempts approved natural landscaping from its weed nuisance ordinance. Sedgwick County Code Sec. 19-21 excludes grasses and vegetation grown for agricultural, conservation, landscaping, gardening or xeriscape purposes from the definition of "weeds or other noxious vegetation," but only once the director of code enforcement signs off on the planting.

Native Landscaping Exemption from Weed Rules, Sedgwick County

Some Restrictions

Sedgwick County Code Sec. 19-21

Weeds or other noxious vegetation means all grasses over eighteen (18) inches in height included in the family Gramineae; and noxious weeds such as kudzu (Pueraria lobata), field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens), hoary cress (Cardaria draba), Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), quackgrass (Agropyron repens), leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula), bur ragweed (Ambrosia...

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Landscaping Rules by City in Sedgwick County

1 cities in Sedgwick County have their own landscaping rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

WichitaPop. 397,532

8 verified rules • Artificial Turf, Composting

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