Beyond the 8-inch height limit, Lima requires premises free of all noxious or harmful weeds and vines. The Code Official orders cutting within five days; Ohio law (ORC 731.51) mirrors this notice process.
Lima Property Maintenance Code Section 1806.09(B) requires owners and occupants to keep premises free from all noxious or harmful weeds or vines. The code defines these as ragweeds, daisies, goldenrod, burdock, yellow dock, dandelions, thistles, wild carrot, and any weed exhaling noxious odors or carrying injurious pollen. Section 1806.10 lets the Code Official serve a written notice to cut and destroy the weeds within five days. Ohio Revised Code 731.51 sets a parallel state process: on written information that noxious weeds are growing and about to spread or seed, the municipality serves notice requiring cutting within five days.
Failure to cut within 5 days lets the City remove the weeds and recover all costs plus an administrative fee, collectible as a special assessment on the property tax duplicate.
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