Erie County government sets no grass-height limit. In New York, overgrown-grass rules are municipal (town, village, city) property-maintenance matters, backed by the statewide NY Property Maintenance Code, which caps weeds and grass at 10 inches. Your town or village enforces it, not the county.
New York has no unincorporated county land; every parcel sits within a town, village, or city, and that municipality holds property-maintenance and zoning authority. Erie County itself does not adopt or enforce a grass-height ordinance for residential lots. The statewide baseline is NY Property Maintenance Code Section 302.4, which requires developed areas to be kept free of weeds and grass over 10 inches (254 mm) and prohibits noxious weeds. Individual Erie County towns (for example Amherst, Cheektowaga, Hamburg, Clarence) enforce this through their own local codes and code-enforcement officers. Check your specific town or village code and building/code-enforcement office for the exact height, notice period, and cutting procedure that applies to your address.
Enforced by your town, village, or city code-enforcement officer, not Erie County. Typical process: written notice to cut within a set period, then the municipality cuts and bills the owner, often as a tax lien. Fines vary by local code.
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