Overland Park's Weed and Vegetation Enforcement Act caps grass and uncultivated growth at eight inches on vacant and improved land alike, extending to the centerline of the adjacent street. Notice gives 10 days to abate.
Chapter 7.20 makes it unlawful for an owner, occupant or agent to allow excessive vegetation, noxious weeds, poisonous plants or uncontrolled invasive plants, including the strip running to the centerline of any adjacent street or alley. A public officer mails notice by certified mail or personal service, publishing in the official newspaper when the owner is unknown or a nonresident without an agent. The owner has 10 days to self-abate or request a hearing, held within 10 calendar days. The City then mows and bills costs plus an administrative fee; unpaid after 30 days it becomes a special assessment under K.S.A. 12-1617f or a personal judgment. Vacant-lot garbage and stacked materials also violate 7.32.140 and 7.32.150.
City mows and assesses costs plus administrative fee against the property; separate prosecution in Municipal Court up to $500 per day under 1.12.010.
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