This section shall not apply to city, county, state or federal property or governmentally
mandated buffers, corridors, wetlands; detention ponds, dams, farms, natural areas,
lakes, etc. Furthermore, this article shall not apply to utility easements or rights-of-way,
or tracts of property under single ownership 40,000 square feet or larger unless they
are within a platted subdivision. Nuisance plants or any vegetative growth on exempted
property not to encroach into the right of way or onto adjacent improved or greenspace
property. Vegetative growth shall not create a fire, health or safety hazard for the
right of way or adjacent improved or greenspace property.
