Airway Heights addresses weed control

When it comes to weeds, the city of Airway Heights is clarifying who is responsible for taking care of public streets, alleys and right-of-ways.

Staff has proposed an ordinance that repeals Chapter 12.12 of the city’s municipal code — “Sidewalk Construction and Maintenance.” In its place will be a new chapter, “Public Sidewalk Construction and Maintenance and Public Right of Way and Alley Maintenance.”

According to J.C. Kennedy, Parks, Recreation and Community Services director, staff decided to repeal the old chapter after receiving several citations from the Spokane County Noxious Weed Board...