Hamburg Village, NY Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

Article I of Chapter 182 (Property Maintenance) of the Village of Hamburg Code, adopted by the Board of Trustees on 6-15-1998 as L.L. No. 3-1998, governs weeds, brush and debris. Section 182-1 puts the duty on three groups: every owner, occupant or person having charge of lands within the Village. The duty covers overgrown weeds, grass, brush and other vegetation, and it also requires removal of garbage and tree limbs or other debris. The standard is functional: the work must be done as necessary to maintain the land in a sanitary and orderly condition. The code prints no measured grass height, so the trigger is the Code Enforcement Officer's finding that the land has fallen out of a sanitary and orderly condition.

Section 182-2 makes the Code Enforcement Officer responsible for enforcement. When a violation exists, the officer notifies the owner of the land, and the notice gives the owner 10 days to comply. Section 182-3 sets out what follows: if the owner receives notification and does not comply, the Code Enforcement Officer engages a private contractor to do the work and bills the owner for the cost. In his or her discretion, the officer can instead coordinate with the Department of Public Works Superintendent to do the work, in which case a charge covers the cost the Village incurred.

Section 182-4 deals with unpaid bills. The Code Enforcement Officer keeps an account of all the work done and reports to the Village Board every parcel where the Village performed the work, along with the owners who have not paid. The Village Board then orders assessments on those lands for the unpaid sums. Section 182-6F separately requires that heavy undergrowth and accumulations of plant growth which are noxious or detrimental to health be eliminated. This page covers the Code of the Village of Hamburg only, not the code of the surrounding Town of Hamburg.