Council amends code; grass now considered overgrown at 10 inches

SIKESTON — A modification in the city code by the Sikeston City Council Monday has changed the length grass is considered overgrown.

Previously grass was in violation of municipal code at seven inches but the City’s online municipal code listed 10 inches as the violation. In order to be consistent, Council voted to modify the code and make 10 inches the height as the violation for overgrown vegetation and weeds.

In other action Monday, Council:

• Awarded a bid for a zero turn commercial lawn sprayer to Site One Landscape Supply from Cleveland, Ohio, in the amount of $11,145.

• Approved a bill to authorize the re-plat of the Villas at Arbor Walk Subdivision located on Auburn Drive. The request to re-plat was made to change the numbering of the lots.

• Approved a bill to rezone a tract of land in Wing Lake Estates, 3rd Addition from agriculture to two family dwellings. The land is located south of Colonel George E. Day Parkway and north of US Highway 60. Council also approved a bill to allow a proposed subdivision at the same location.

• Heard the first reading of a bill authorizing the City of Sikeston to enter into a certain option to purchase real estate on behalf of the Board of Municipal Utilities for future well and water treatment plant needs.