Moore, OK Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

Section 8-201 of the Moore Code of Ordinances defines a regulated weed as any vegetation, including poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac, that exceeds 12 inches in height, though healthy trees, shrubs, and food crops in a tended garden are excluded unless their density or location threatens public health, creates a traffic or fire hazard, or blocks mowing of surrounding weeds. A weed also includes vegetation of any height that harbors trash, rodents, or vermin, gives off noxious odors, or is dead or diseased; tended crops on agricultural-zoned land more than 150 feet from nonagricultural-zoned parcels are excluded entirely.

Section 8-202 makes it unlawful and a public nuisance for an owner or occupant to allow trash or weeds meeting that definition to grow, stand, or accumulate on the lot itself or on the adjacent sidewalk, street, or improved alley, and imposes a duty to cut, remove, or destroy them. Owners also may not knowingly permit dumping on their property, or let dumped refuse sit for more than ten days after the city or county health department gives notice to remove it. If the administrative officer, the community development director or a designee, confirms a violation, Section 8-205 requires ten days' written notice by mail before the city can act, though the officer may extend that deadline, and an unresolved violation can lead the city to mow or clear the lot through a contracted bidder under Section 8-206 and bill the owner.