Port Townsend, WA Landscaping Rules: Native Plants (2026)

The following acts, omissions, places, conditions, and things are declared to be nuisances:

A. Vegetation.

1. Overgrown, uncultivated, or untended vegetation of any type that substantially covers structures on the property or substantially blocks or impedes access to structures on the property.

2. Trees, shrubs, vines, or other vegetation that destroys, impairs, interferes, restricts the visibility, use or access to, or constitutes a danger to streets, sidewalks, public trails, sewers, utility poles, street trees, fire hydrants or any other public improvements.

3. Noxious weeds as defined in Chapter 16-750 WAC, as amended, or as required for removal or control by the Jefferson County noxious weed control board.

4. Accumulation of vegetation waste, including, but not limited to, grass clippings, cut brush, cut trees, and/or cut weeds, except when in an enclosed container or in a managed composting operation.

5. Vegetation, or parts thereof, that hang lower than eight feet above any public walkway, path or sidewalk; or hang lower than 15 feet above any street; or that are growing in such a manner as to obstruct or impair the free and full use of any public walkway, sidewalk, or street.

6. Vegetation within the clear vision area, as defined by PTMC 12.04.030, that blocks or impairs motorist, cyclist, or pedestrian visibility.