{"id":27109,"date":"2025-06-16T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T21:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=27109"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T21:36:16","slug":"city-limits-on-grass-weeds-etc-detailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/city-limits-on-grass-weeds-etc-detailed\/","title":{"rendered":"City limits on grass, weeds, etc. detailed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BY BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep mowing that grass and pulling those weeds, folks, or you could find yourself in violation of a Decatur ordinance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA friendly reminder of the city&#8217;s weeds and vegetation ordinance since it is that time of the year,\u201d says Building\/Zoning Director Curt Witte, whose department is in charge of code enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per City Code 920.2;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Height restrictions: Vegetation that grows beyond six inches in height is considered neglected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noxious weeds: Specific plants like thistle and poison ivy are identified as noxious and are subject to removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maintenance: Regular maintenance is required to prevent vegetation from becoming a nuisance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur code enforcement officers will be out checking up on any complaints that the office receives,\u201d Witte said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told city council at its latest meeting that as of June 3, the department had sent out just shy of 150 abatement notices. \u201cSo we&#8217;re out there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department doesn&#8217;t look for violations on its own, instead, it reacts to complaints from citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust remember, when you mow your yard, you are doing it for your neighbors,\u201d Mayor Dan Rickord said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Keep mowing that grass and pulling those weeds, folks, or you could find yourself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,21],"class_list":["post-27109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/photoless-header-template-news.jpg?fit=252%2C144&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27110,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27109\/revisions\/27110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}