Rosenberg requires every property to keep weeds, grass, and brush under twelve inches tall, with limited exemptions for agricultural acreage.
Under Chapter 14 (Health, Sanitation, and Nuisances), all property in Rosenberg must be kept free of weeds, grass, brush, or other vegetation greater than twelve inches in height. Heavily wooded acreage and tracts classified on the tax rolls as agricultural exempt are excused, but they must still maintain at least one hundred feet of vegetation clearance from any adjacent occupied building, school, athletic field, arena, park, or playground. Code compliance officers issue notices and may abate the nuisance at the owner's expense.
Letting front-yard grass exceed twelve inches, allowing brush to encroach on a neighboring playground, or ignoring abatement notices.
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