CITY OF WAUSAU WEED NOTICE The City of Wausau requires all property owners or occupants of property to control plants growing on their property, in accordance with the following sections of the Wausau Municipal Code: 6.48.010 Mowing required. No person owning property or occupant of property within the city shall permit to grow or pollinate upon the premises any weeds, grasses or brush which cause or produce hay fever in human beings, exhale unpleasant or noxious odors or may conceal filthy deposits or provide a place for the accumulation of trash or litter. In order to prevent such growth and pollination, it shall be the duty of every property owner or occupant of property to mow or cause to be mowed upon the premises all grasses, weeds and brush exceeding one foot in height. The provisions of Section 66.0407, Wisconsin Statutes, are incorporated herein by reference. Any golf course or public parkland located wholly within the City of Wausau shall be exempt from the mowing requirement of this provision. 6.48.020 Mowing by city. It shall be the duty of the employee assigned the duties and responsibilities of the weed commissioner to enforce this chapter, and if any person shall fail to comply herewith, the employee shall, after five days' written notice to the owner of the property, cause the premises to be mowed and report the cost thereof in writing to the city clerk in the manner provided in Section 66.0517 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Such charge shall be spread on the tax roll as a special tax to be collected in the same manner as other taxes unless such lands are exempt from taxation. In addition, Section 66.0407, Wisconsin Statutes, requires that all Canada Thistle, Leafy Spurge and Field Bindweed (Creeping Jenny) be destroyed before blooming. Eric Lindman, P.E. Director of Public Works and Utilities WNAXLP April 21, 28 2026 LWIX0501510