WEED NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, has a plant and weed control ordinance. The ordinance is set forth below: Section 476-10 Plant and weed control. A. Noxious weeds declared a nuisance. No person shall allow or permit noxious weeds as defined and subsequently amended in Wis. Stat. § 66.0407(1)(b), to grow in any lot or tract of land in the City. To permit any noxious weeds to grow or remain in any such place is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Any person in violation of this section may be subject to removal of the noxious weeds by a weed commissioner pursuant to § 476-10E of this Code, abatement under § 476-11 of this Code, and/or a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code. B. No person shall allow or permit prohibited invasive species, as defined and subsequently amended in Chapter NR 40, Wis. Adm. Code, to grow in any lot or tract of land in the City. To permit any prohibited invasive species to grow or remain in any such place is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Any person in violation of this section may be subject to abatement under § 476-11 of this Code and/or a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code. C. Restricted invasive species declared a nuisance. No person shall allow or permit the growth of restricted invasive species, as defined and subsequently amended in Chapter NR 40, Wis. Adm. Code, in any lot or tract of land in the City. To permit restricted invasive species to grow or remain in any such place is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Any person in violation of this section may be subject to abatement in accordance with § 476-11 of this Code and/or a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code. D. Height. From June 1 of each year, no person shall permit any weeds, grass or plants, other than trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants, to grow to a height to exceed six inches anywhere in the City. 476-11 ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES C. Nonsummary abatement. (1) Order of abatement. If the inspecting officer determines that a public nuisance exists on private premises but that such nuisance does not threaten immediate danger to the public health, safety, welfare, peace or order, he/she may issue an order reciting the existence of a public nuisance and requiring the owner or occupant of the premises to remove or abate the condition described in the order within the time period specified therein, which shall be no shorter than 30 days. The order shall be served personally on the owner of the building, as well as the occupant if different from the owner and applicable to the described nuisance, If the owner or occupant cannot be served, the order may be served by posting it on the main entrance of the premises and by publishing a Class 3 notice under Chapter 985 of the Wisconsin Statutes. The time limit specified in the order shall run from the date of service or publication. (2) Abatement by City. If the owner or occupant fails or refuses to comply with the time period prescribed, such owner may be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code. Further, the inspecting officer may obtain an administrative warrant/order to enter upon the premises and cause the nuisance to be removed or abated and the City may recover the expenses incurred thereby from the owner or the occupant of the premises or from the person who has caused or permitted the nuisance. (3) Remedy from order. Any person affected by such order may, within 30 days of service or publication of the order, apply to the Circuit Court for an order restraining the City, its agents, and employees from entering on the premises and abating or removing the nuisance, or be forever barred. The court shall determine if the City has met its burden of proving the reasonableness of the order for abatement of the nuisance. Joseph Moore City Manager City of Fond du Lac WNAXLP April 12, 15 2026 LWIX0481653