For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED OR DERELICT PROPERTY. Any junk car, car bodies, or equipment of any type, except in an authorized junk yard, or any accumulations of other unsightly trash or junk which would constitute a health hazard, a rodent harborage, a breeding area for insects or rodents, a dangerous place for children to play in and around, or which tends to be unsightly, and which does or tends to lower the value of adjacent real property because of its unsightliness. Unsightly trash or junk includes property which is deteriorated, wrecked, or derelict property in unusable condition, having no value other than nominal scrap or junk value, if any, and which has been left unprotected outside of a permanent structure from the elements, and shall include, without being restricted, deteriorated, wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled motor vehicles, trailers, boats, motors, snowmobiles, lawnmowers, motorcycles, campers, refrigerators and other household appliances, furniture, household goods and furnishings, scrap metals, or lumber, or other similar article in such condition.
GARBAGE, REFUSE, and LITTER. Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained, or to accumulate upon any private or public property, any animal or vegetable matter, garbage, rubbish, or waste material improperly disposed of, which is likely to cause or transmit disease, or which may be a hazard to health.
OVERGROWN VEGETATION. All weeds or plants declared to be primary or secondary noxious weeds by the State Weed Board, and all other overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rodents, snakes and other vermin; dead, decayed, diseased, or hazardous trees constituting unsightly appearance or fire hazard; and all such conditions dangerous to public safety and welfare, or causing detriment to neighboring properties or property values.
(Ord. 2000-1, passed 8-7-2000)