Phoenix City Code Sec. 39-7(D) (Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance) requires premises to be kept free of lawn grass higher than six inches, along with tumbleweeds, dry vegetation, and weeds over six inches that present blight or a fire hazard.
Section 39-7(D) of the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 39) governs weeds, bushes, trees, and other vegetation. All exterior property areas must be kept free from dry vegetation, tumbleweeds, weeds, bushes, and tall grass and trees that present a visual blight, may harbor insect or rodent infestation, or may become a fire hazard. The ordinance sets a hard numeric ceiling: the premises shall be free from lawn grass higher than six inches and weeds higher than six inches tall, as well as dead trees and branches and dead palm fronds within ten feet of the ground, a structure, a fence, a wall, or any combustible material. Enforcement runs through the Neighborhood Services Department, which issues a written notice ordering compliance.
Civil sanction from $100 up to $2,500 per the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance after a written compliance notice; for abutting street/sidewalk areas, Sec. 31-10 allows a civil sanction of $50 to $2,500 and treats continued noncompliance as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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