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City of South Lyon Weed Control Notice To the owners or occupants or any person or persons, firm or corporation having charge of any lands in the City of South Lyon: Notice is hereby given that all noxious weeds growing on any land in the City of South Lyon, Oakland County, Michigan, must be cut down and destroyed. All premises and exterior property shall be maintained free from weeds or plant growth in excess of eight (8) inches. All noxious weeds shall be prohibited. Weeds shall be defined as all grasses, annual plants and vegetation, and noxious weeds as defined by MCL 247.62, as amended. This includes Canada thistles, dodders, mustards, wild carrot, bindweed, perennial sow thistles, hoary alyssum, ragweed, poison ivy, poison sumac, or any other plant or varieties of plant which are recognized as inducing hay fever or other diseases, or being in any other way deleterious to the health or comfort of the community. The term “weeds” shall not include trees, shrubs cultivated flowers and gardens and this section shall not apply to vacant parcels of land greater than one acre, those lands under the control or ownership of the City or any other governmental agency or public school system, and parcels of land subject to the Michigan Right to Farm Act, Public Act 93 of 1981 (MCL 286.471, et seq.) Failure to comply with this notice shall make the parties so failing liable for the actual costs for cutting by City personnel or contractor plus an additional administrative fee as set by the City of South Lyon Fee Schedule to be levied and collected against the property in the manner provided by law. Lisa Deaton Clerk/Treasurer City of South Lyon