For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED, WRECKED, JUNKED, or DISMANTLED VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT, or MACHINERY. Every vehicle, machine, or piece of equipment which is not being used for its manufactured or intended purpose and has been discarded, abandoned, wrecked, stored, junked, dismantled, or partially dismantled, including parts thereof.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Includes the ordinance enforcement officer and any employee of the city that the enforcement officer designates to carry out the responsibilities identified herein within the city’s zoning jurisdiction.
FIRE HAZARD. Where owing to the existence of solid waste or waste, dried grass, weeds, or shrubbery, or dilapidated or deteriorated structures, the condition of the property is likely to cause a fire.
INOPERABLE. With respect to any vehicle, the inability of all significant mechanical and electrical systems on such vehicle to operate properly and dependably, or the absence of any significant parts. With respect to wheeled and/or motorized vehicles, and where applicable, INOPERABLE means the inability of any of the following systems to operate properly and dependably or the absence of such parts: tires, wheels, brakes, engine, ignition, transmission, suspension, steering, windows, windshield, horn, muffler, rearview mirror, windshield wiper, service brakes, parking brakes, headlights, brake lights, or turn signals.
OBJECT. Any material, substance, or composition not yet classified as waste, solid waste, or a fire hazard but which may subsequently be determined to be waste, solid waste, or a fire hazard. OBJECT, though used in the singular term, can also mean the plural when circumstances require.
OWNER. OWNER of the title to real property or the contract purchaser of real property as shown in the last available complete assessment roll in the office of the County Assessor.
PERSON. Every natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
SHIELDING. Refers to fencing or other fabricated barriers to conceal a facility from public view. It also refers to natural barriers.
SOLID WASTE. All putrescible and nonputrescible waste including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, refuse, demolition wastes (including wood, bricks, concrete, used road black top, and other similar materials), ashes, wastepaper and cardboard, sewage, sludge, septic tank and cesspool pumpage, or other sludge, commercial, industrial, construction waste, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, bird droppings, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, dead animals, and other waste.
UNLICENSED. With respect to any vehicle which is required to be registered under state law with the Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, the absence of the appropriate license tags and/or stickers attached to such vehicle showing a current registration.
VEHICLE. Any automobile, car, truck, motorcycle, tractor, trailer, pole trailer, bus, camper, motor home, travel trailer, recreational vehicle, boat, or other watercraft.
WASTE. Useless or discarded materials.
(2015 Code, § 3-4-1) (Ord. passed 11-16-2009)