Sheboygan, WI Invasive Plant Rules: Prohibited Species (2026)

Section 66-41 is the only provision in Sheboygan's Weed Control article that names plants. It incorporates Wisconsin Statutes §§ 66.0407 and 66.0517, which provide for the destruction of noxious weeds, into the city code by reference as if fully set forth, and then expands the coverage to weeds known as goldenrod, timothy grass, ragweed, cocklebur, burweed, marsh elder, resinthistle, pigweed, amaranth, artemisia and Japanese knotweed. The printed history note shows the section was last amended by Ord. No. 18-06-07 on August 7, 2006, following Ord.

No. 60-00-01 of October 2, 2000. Enforcement runs through section 66-42. The department of engineering and public works carries out the provisions of Wis. Stats. § 66.0517 relating to the destruction of noxious weeds, and that work is done under the supervision of the duly appointed weed commissioner. The same section directs the department to cut all weeds and grasses in excess of 12 inches in height, and allows cutting at 12 inches or higher wherever deemed necessary or upon the failure of a property owner to cut within 48 hours of proper notice.

Section 66-43 has the department keep an account of cutting expenses for every lot or parcel fronting or abutting a street or sidewalk and bill the owner for immediate payment, reporting unpaid accounts to the common council and the finance director/treasurer on or before the first Monday of November. Section 66-44 charges the owner the whole cost plus 50 percent plus applicable sales tax, with a minimum fee of $25.00, collected with the next taxes. The list is a destruction mandate for named weeds on private and abutting land.

It is not a plant-by-plant planting ban, and the section prints no separate nursery or sale restriction. The text is as printed in the Municode edition current to March 8, 2023.