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AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 7-7 TO THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF
ERASER, COLORADO, PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL OF UNDESIRABLE
PLANTS, DECLARING A NUISANCE, AND PENALTIES THEREFOR.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ERASER,
COLORADO:
Section 1. The Code of the Town of Fraser, Colorado, is hereby
amended by adding a new Article, to be numbered Article 7-7, and
entitled "Undesirable Plant Control", which shall read as
follows:
ARTICLE 7-7
UNDESIRABLE PLANT CONTROL
Section 7-7-1. Undesirable Plants.
(1) Russian, Spotted and Diffuse Knapweed and Leafy Spurge
are declared to be undesirable plants to be controlled in
accordance with this Code.
Section 7-7-2. Declaration of Nuisance.
(1) Leafy Spurge, Russian Knapweed, Spotted Knapweed, and
Diffuse Knapweed, and all other plants designated
"undesirable plants" by the Town are declared to be a public
nuisance. Such action may be taken as is available for
nuisance abatement under the laws of this state and the Town
of Fraser, and as the Board of Trustees, in its sole
discretion, deems necessary.
Section 7-7-3. Removal of Undesirable Plants Required
by Property Owner.
(1) Property owners within the Town of Fraser shall be
responsible for the elimination of undesirable plants from
their property within thirty (30) days of the effective date
of this Article. Such removal shall be accomplished in an
ecologically feasible and environmentally safe manner in
accordance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and
regulations.
Section 7-7-4. Enforcement.
(1) The Town shall have the right to enter upon any
premises, lands, or places, whether public or private,
during reasonable business hours or upon proper notice for
the purpose of inspecting for the existence of undesirable
plants, and shall have the right to propose, implement or
enforce the management of undesirable plants upon such lands
in accordance with the provisions of Colorado Revised
Statutes 35-5.5-109.
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Section 2. Penalty.
Violation of said Article 7-7 shall be subject to a penalty of up
to 90 days in jail or a fine up to $300.00, or both such fine and
imprisonment in addition to any other remedies provided herein or
allowed by ordinance, law, rule, or regulation.
Section 3. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and publica-
tion as provided by law.
READ PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS day of
1992.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN F FRASER, COLORADO
BY. _ _
_ ~ Mayor
ATTEST:
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Town Clerk
Published in the Winter Park Manifest on
1992.
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