4-1-1: DEFINITIONS:
All words not specifically defined herein shall be given the common and ordinary meaning generally applied to such words.
GARBAGE: Unwanted or useless material including animal, vegetable, or mineral matter discarded by any person or persons for any reason. The term "garbage" shall include tin and aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, leaves, weeds, cuttings from trees, lawns, shrubs or gardens, paper products, wood products, plastics, and synthetic substances of any kind.
GARBAGE CONTAINER: Any and all containers, whether or not designed or intended for such use, which are in fact used for storage and/or collection of garbage or junk.
JUNK: Any used material or parts of material units which have become useless for the purpose for which said material or materials were originally fabricated or manufactured and shall include, but not be limited to: automobiles and other motor vehicles not licensed for the current year, furniture, appliances, lawn and garden tools and equipment, and machinery and component parts thereof.
OWNER/OCCUPANT: Any person in possession, charge or control of any dwelling, flat, rooming house, shop, place of business, or dwelling or outbuilding of any kind where garbage or junk is created or accumulated. (1983 Code § 3.601; amd. Ord. 96-11, 10-24-1996)