Code Enforcement Updates to Nuisance Overgrowth

February 28,2023 Code Enforcement Updates to Nuisance Overgrowth

The Board of County Commissioners of Alachua County, Florida, hereby finds that unkept and excessively overgrown vegetation on a property, including dead or non-viable trees which could fall onto adjacent properties or roadways, can amount to a nuisance, hazard, or a danger, and can pose a risk to the health. safety, and welfare of the citizens and surrounding properties. Such conditions tend to be a breeding place for mosquitoes. vermin, or other pest that are capable of transmitting diseases to humans. create fire hazards, or environmental hazards, or create potential windstorm hazards, or tend to adversely affect and impair the economic welfare of adjacent properties. Abatement of such conditions is hereby found and declared to be a public purpose.

Prohibition.  Nuisance overgrowth in excel of twelve (12) inches in height, measured from the soil level, is hereby prohibited on any Improved property, as defined, unless exempted as provided in this article. It is the responsibility of the Owner of the Improved property to mow, cut, and clear nuisance overgrowth.

A complete account of the meeting can be found on the Alachua County Commissioners website, Videos on Demand, Recently Archived Meetings…, February 28, 2023, Item 9 on the agenda, markers 3:50:12 to4:06:10.

Laura Dearinger and Susan Prewit, residents of The Villages of West End, attended the meeting. The West End Golf Course property was discussed.  The property is currently listed with Craig Carter for $6.2M.