Hoover, AL Invasive Plant Rules: Prohibited Species (2026)

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, possessing, residing, or having charge or control of any real property within the city to allow any other vegetation, including but not limited to jimson, ragweed, cocklebur, kudzu, vines, bamboo, or underbrush to become overgrown to such an extent that the same may create favorable conditions to the harboring of mosquitoes or other insects of like kind and/or rodents or reptiles or otherwise constitutes a public nuisance or a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.(v)Upon failure of the owner or agent having charge of a property to cut and destroy the weeds after service of a notice of violation, they shall be subject to prosecution in the Hoover Municipal Court in accordance with Section 109.3 and the penalties set forth in Section 109.4. Upon failure to comply with the notice of violation, any duly authorized employee of the jurisdiction or contractor hired by the jurisdiction shall be authorized to enter upon the property in violation and cut and destroy the weeds growing thereon, and the costs of such removal shall be paid by the owner or agent responsible for the property.