No Clarksville ordinance authorizes or restricts a native-plant yard, and no registration exists. Section 8-107 still lets the city order vegetation cut once growth passes one foot, which is the practical ceiling on a meadow-style front yard.
Section 8-107 requires every owner or tenant to periodically cut grass and other vegetation commonly recognized as weeds, and makes it unlawful to disobey an order from the city clerk, chief of police, or coordinator of fire prevention and building codes to cut once growth exceeds one foot. The code creates no exemption for intentional native, pollinator, or rain-garden plantings, and no bed, edging, or setback standard exists to qualify for one. The Zoning Ordinance encourages retaining existing native plant material in landscape buffer yards, but section 7.2 exempts single-family and two-family lots, so that encouragement never reaches a private yard.
Ignoring a cut order is unlawful. Section 8-112 lets the building official abate after ten days, assess costs, and file a lien with the Register of Deeds.
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