N.Y. Public Health Law § 1320: Noxious weeds and growths; declaration of nuisance

§ 1320. Noxious weeds and growths; declaration of nuisance. 1.

Whenever in any health district there shall be growing on any property

therein any ragweed or other species of weed, plant or growth which is

noxious or detrimental to the public health, or the seed, pollen or

other emanation therefrom, when carried through the air or otherwise

dispersed, is noxious or detrimental to the public health, the local

board of health of any such health district may take and file upon its

records what it shall regard as sufficient proof to authorize a

declaration that the existence of any such growth is a nuisance or

danger to the public health, and may thereupon enter the same upon its

records as a nuisance and order the same to be removed, destroyed or

otherwise abated on any property wherever found.

2. The local board of health may also take and file among its records

what it shall regard as sufficient proof to authorize a declaration that

at any season or period of the year there exists a particular and

imminent danger to the public health by reason of the approaching period

of pollination of any such growth and may enter such determination upon

its record.