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Weed Ordinance Public Notice
Kristine Stone to: Diane R Voss 05/11/2012 08:14 AM
Kristine Stone Weed Ordinance Public Notice
Hi Diane,
Attached is the public notice for the new weed ordinance. Please publish the notice and place the
ordinance on the soonest available council meeting. Per Iowa Code 362.3, the notice must be published
not less then 4 nor more than 20 days before the date of the hearing. I will bring over a copy of the state
code that we are adopting. Thank you!
63636.docx
Kristine Stone
Assistant City Attorney
City of Ames
515 Clark Avenue, PO Box 811
Ames, Iowa 50010
(515) 239-5146
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1 WEEDS, §317.1A
317.1A Noxious weeds.
1. The following weeds are hereby declared to be noxious and shall be divided into two
classes, as follows:
a. Primary noxious weeds,which shall include:
(1) Quack grass (Elymus repens).
(2) Perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis).
(3) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).
(4) Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare).
(5) European morning glory or field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
(6) Horse nettle (Solanum carolinense).
(7) Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula).
(8) Perennial pepper-grass (Cardaria draba).
(9) Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
(10) Buckthorn (Rhamnus spp.,not to include Frangula alnus,syn.Rhamnus frangula).
(11) All other species of thistles belonging in the genera of Cirsium and Carduus.
b. Secondary noxious weeds,which shall include:
(1) Butterprint (Abutilon theophrasti) annual.
(2) Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) annual.
(3) Wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis) annual.
(4) Wild carrot (Daucus carota) biennial.
(5) Buckhorn (Plantago lanceolata) perennial.
(6) Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) perennial.
(7) Sour dock (Rumex crispus) perennial.
(8) Smooth dock (Rumex altissimus) perennial.
(9) Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum).
(10) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora).
(11) Wild sunflower (wild strain of Helianthus annuus L.) annual.
(12) Puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) annual.
(13) Teasel (Dipsacus spp.) biennial.
(14) Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor) annual.
2. a. The multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) shall not be considered a secondary noxious
weed when cultivated for or used as understock for cultivated roses or as ornamental shrubs
in gardens, or in any county whose board of supervisors has by resolution declared it not to
be a noxious weed.
b. Shattercane(Sorghum bicolor)shall not be considered a secondary noxious weed when
cultivated or in any county whose board of supervisors has by resolution declared it not to be
a noxious weed.
[S13, §1565-b;C24, 27,31, 35, §4818;C39,§4829.01;C46,50, 54,58, 62, 66, 71,73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §317.1]
85 Acts, ch 171, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §20
C2001, §317.1A
2010 Acts, ch 1061, §108; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §79
[P]See also§199.1
[T]Subsection 1,paragraphs a and b amended
Mon Jan 0913:19:54 2012 linc_system Iowa Code 2011 + Supplement,Section 317.1A(7,2)