Montgomery County has no countywide grass-height limit. Townships abate high grass and noxious weeds under ORC 505.87; cities like Dayton require neatly cut lawns and use ORC 731.51's five-day noxious-weed notice.
Grass and weed enforcement is local. In unincorporated townships, trustees may order overgrown vegetation abated under ORC 505.87 after seven days' notice, then charge costs to the owner's property taxes. In municipalities, ORC 731.51 lets the legislative authority order noxious weeds cut and destroyed within five days of written notice. Dayton's Neighborhood Yard Standards additionally require grass to be neatly cut and trimmed. Because no single countywide height threshold applies, check your city or township for the exact inches-tall limit and complaint process for your address.
Cities and townships abate uncut lots and bill the owner; Dayton yard-standard citations begin at $135. Township costs become a tax lien.
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