Overgrown grass is a city matter in Washington County. Fayetteville, Springdale, and Prairie Grove order weeds cut under Ark. Code §14-54-901, then bill the owner. The unincorporated county acts on nuisance lots, not routine lawn height.
Arkansas gives cities of the first and second class, not counties, the direct power to force overgrown lots to be cut. Fayetteville, Springdale, Farmington, and Prairie Grove each run a weed ordinance built on Ark. Code §14-54-901 and §14-54-903, mowing after notice and billing the owner. There is no fixed statewide inch limit; each city sets its own trigger. Across the unincorporated Ozark county the Planning Board's 2006 zoning is use-based and sets no lawn-height rule, so overgrowth is handled only as a nuisance under the county code. Most subdivision lawns are governed by an HOA covenant, not city or county code.
Inside a city, an uncut lot draws written notice, a deadline, then city-contracted mowing with the cost charged to the owner as a lien. The unincorporated county abates true nuisance overgrowth the same way.
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