Under Title 5, Chapter 5, Des Plaines requires property owners to cut, pull or otherwise destroy noxious weeds at least monthly between May 1 and October 1 each year; overgrowth is a nuisance the City can abate at the owner's expense.
Des Plaines regulates noxious weeds within the same nuisance chapter (Title 5, Chapter 5) that sets the 6-inch grass limit. Property owners must not allow noxious weeds to grow and must cut, pull or otherwise destroy such weeds at least monthly between May 1 and October 1 of each year. Enforcement mirrors the grass-height process under Ordinance M-20-11: the City serves a notice, and if the owner does not abate within five (5) days the Director of Community and Economic Development may abate the nuisance, bill the owner for the cost plus a 25 percent administrative fee, and record a lien. The City's local rule operates alongside the Illinois Noxious Weed Law (505 ILCS 100/), under which every person has a statutory duty to control and eradicate state-listed noxious weeds on land they own or control.
Failure to destroy noxious weeds monthly (May 1-Oct 1) is a nuisance. After 5-day notice the City abates and recovers cost plus 25% admin fee and may lien the property; fines run under the general penalty (1-4-1), each day a separate offense.
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