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41| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,A pril 12,2018 theifp.ca Notice to ProPerty owNers haltonhills.ca 47_51 Destroy Nuisance Weeds - Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed has been found in the Town of Halton Hills. This is a giant plant that looks like "Queen Anne's Lace" but is Very Dangerous to handle. If you find it, please do not touch it with your bare hands and keep children away from it. Remove early in the growth season (April/May) to eliminate spread. For further information on Giant Hogweed please visit www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca Community Standards By-law 2008-0138 No. Part 3, Section 8 states "Property Owners are required to destroy and remove all nuisance weeds and weed seeds on their land." For a list of nuisance weeds please refer to www.haltonhills.ca/bylaws. Any person who fails to destroy and remove all nuisance weeds and weed seeds is guilty of an offence. As a result, the Town of Halton Hills may enter upon your property to do the work required. The Town may recover the costs of doing any work or matter by action and adding the costs to the tax roll and collecting it in a like manner as property tax. Please note that dandelions, burdock and goldenrod are NOT considered nuisance weeds. Destroy Noxious Weeds NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons in possession of land, in accordance with The Weed Control Act R.S.O. 1990, c. W.5., that unless weed seeds and noxious weeds growing on their lands within the Town of Halton Hills are destroyed by June 1, 2018 and throughout the season, the Town of Halton Hills may enter upon the said lands and have weeds destroyed, charging the costs against the land in taxes as set out in The Weed Control Act. The Town earnestly solicits co-operation of all property owners. The purpose of the Weed Control Act is to reduce the impact of noxious weeds on land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes. The Weed Control Act does not apply to noxious weeds or weed seeds on lands that are far enough away from any land used for agricultural purposes that they do not interfere with that use. Please be advised that the list of Noxious Weeds has been revised to the following: Black Dog-Strangling Vine Bull Thistle Canada Thistle Coltsfoot Common Barberry Common Crupina Cypress Spurge Dodder Dog-Strangling Vine European Buckthorn Giant Hogweed Jointed Goatgrass Knapweed Kudzu Leafy Spurge Poison Hemlock Poison Ivy Ragweed Serrated Tussock Smooth Bedstraw Sow Thistle Tansy Ragwort Wild Chervil Wild Parsnip Woolly Cupgrass Please note that dandelions, burdock and goldenrod are NOT considered noxious weeds under The Weed Control Act. Any concerns or inquiries should be directed to: Kelly Withers, Enforcement Coordinator - Lead Customer Service Specialist 905 873-2601 ext. 2330 Dated at the Town of Halton Hills this 12th of April 2018. Suzanne Jones, Clerk & Director of Legislative Services