STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF WAYNE CITY OF ALLEN PARK PROPOSED ORDINANCE #01-2026 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN PARK CODE OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING CHAPTER 16, “ENVIRONMENT”, BY THE REPEAL AND READOPTION OF SECTION 16-119, “DEFINITIONS”, AND SECTION 16-121, “PROHIBITION”, OF ARTICLE IV, “NOXIOUS WEEDS, GRASS AND REFUSE”, TO DEFINE TERMS AND REGULATE PLANTS INCLUDING THE REGULATION OF PLANTS OR STRUCTURES IN FRONT YARDS WHICH EXCEED 12 INCHES ON LAND WHICH IS LOCATED BETWEEN A SIDEWALK AND A STREET OR WITHIN 36 INCHES FROM AN ADJACENT SIDEWALK, DRIVEWAY OR PROPERTY LINE The City of Allen Park Ordains: SECTION 1. Amendment to Code. That the following sections of Chapter 16 “Environment” being Section 16-119, “Definitions” and Section 16-121, “Prohibition”, of Article IV, “Noxious Weeds, Grass and Refuse”, be repealed and readopted to hereafter read as follows: Chapter 16 “Environment” Article IV “Noxious Weeds, Grass and Refuse” Sec. 16-119. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Noxious or poisonous weeds means bindweed (Corvolvulus arvensis), burdock, Canada thistles (Circium arvense), dodder (any species of Cuscuta), goldenrod, hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana), mustards (charlock, black mustard and Indian mustard), ox-eye daisies, poison ivy (Rhus toxicodendron), poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix), ragweed (Ambrosia elatior L.), wild carrots (Daucus carota) and such other varieties, species or plants designated by the ordinance officer as poisonous and/or injurious. Tall grass means any growth of grass or weeds exceeding an average height of six inches. Sec. 16-121. - Prohibition. (a) Entire Lot Regulation. It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant or person in charge or control of any lot or lands, either public or private, within the city to allow or maintain on any portion of such lot or lands, any growth of any Tall Grass or Weeds, any Noxious or Poisonous Weeds, or debris. (b) Front Yard Regulation. With respect to the portion of a lot or lands located between a sidewalk and a street or within 36 inches from an adjacent sidewalk, driveway or property line, it shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant or person in charge or control of any lot or lands, either public or private, within the city to allow or maintain on such portion of such lot or lands, any plant or structure which exceeds a height of 12 inches. (c) Exception, Certain Trees, Shrubbery and Hedges. The regulations contained in subsection (b) do not apply to a tree which is planted in accordance with applicable tree planting requirements and approved by the city, or a hedge or shrubbery where the property is adjacent to a commercial alley or the property is a corner lot in which case a hedge or shrubbery is permitted along the corner lot line but only as allowed in accordance with Sec. 16-91(a) of the Allen Park Code of Ordinances. SECTION 2. Repeal. SECTION 3. Saving Clause. SECTION 4. Severability. SECTION 5. Codification; Scrivener's Errors: SECTION 6. Publication. SECTION 7. Adoption. The publication of this summary is intended to meet the requirements for publication as authorized under the provisions of Public Act No. 182 of the Public Acts of 1991, State of Michigan. * A true and complete copy of the proposed ordinance can be inspected or obtained at the Office of the Allen Park City Clerk or on the City’s website at www.cityofallenpark.org. MICHAEL I. MIZZI, CITY CLERK