8.05.020 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
“Fire hazard” is determined by the city manager or Jackson County Fire District No. 5 when the quality, condition, and/or location of vegetation creates a risk of fire.
“Noxious vegetation” includes, at any time:
1. Weeds or grass more than six inches high in the summer season as defined in this section;
2. Weeds or grass more than 10 inches high in the nonsummer season;
3. Poison oak or poison ivy;
4. Blackberry bushes that extend into a public thoroughfare or across a property line;
5. All other vegetation listed on the noxious weed list promulgated by the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Plant Division;
6. Vegetation that is: (a) a health hazard; (b) a fire hazard, as determined in the definition of “fire hazard” in this section; (c) a traffic hazard because it impairs the view of a public thoroughfare or otherwise makes use of the thoroughfare hazardous.
“Occupant” means any person in lawful possession, or with a lawful right to store or keep personal property on any real property; or, in case of corporate ownership, that officer, employee or agent of a corporate owner having the authority or duty to control or operate the property on behalf of the corporation.
“Owner” shall mean and include any person with an ownership interest or with any leasehold or other possessory interest, of record or otherwise, which gives them, either alone or jointly with others, a right to occupy, possess or control real property. Any person who appears as owner on the records of the county assessor shall be presumed to be one of the owners of the property; but such presumption may be rebutted.
“Person” means any natural person, partnership or corporation.
“Summer season” is between May 15th and September 30th of any year, or the end of fire season as declared by the Oregon Department of Forestry, whichever is later. [Ord. 925 § 2, 2016.]