Chapter 8.08 WEEDS AND REFUSE ABATEMENT
Section 8.08.010 Purpose.
It is the purpose of the ordinance codified in this chapter
to establish a means whereby Vernal
City may remove or abate, or cause the removal or abatement of injurious and noxious weeds,
and of garbage, refuse, or unsightly or deleterious objects or structures pursuant to the powers
granted to it by Utah Code Annotated 1953, Chapter 10-11, as amended, and pursuant to its
general power to abate nuisances. It is declared that the above listed weeds, objects and
structures shall constitute a nuisance when they create a fire hazard, source of contamination, or
pollution of water, air or property, a danger to health, a breeding place or habitation for insects
or
rodents or other forms of life deleterious to human habitation, or are unsightly or deleterious to
their surroundings. (Ord. 83-22 § 1)