§ 39561.5

Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 90.

“Weeds,” as used in this article, includes any of the following:

(a)Weeds which bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature.
(b)Sagebrush, chaparral, and any other brush or weeds which attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property.
(c)Weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous.
(d)Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to

the public health.

(e)Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard.

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