RIPON — The City of Ripon is proclaiming a war on weeds by increasing fines for those who don’t take care of their overgrown lawns.
It’s properties that sit empty and overgrown that worry city leaders, who say that some landowners have repeatedly ignored notices and fines, so they have a plan to get their attention.
In a Ripon City Council meeting back on October 8, the city began looking into harsher fines and more frequent notices to landowners who aren’t cutting the weeds. The city is still working out how high those fines will rise…