For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL INCINERATOR. An incinerator designed or used for public, private or commercial use, meeting the standards of the Incinerator Institute of America with reference to the particular use for which said incinerator is employed, or meeting the standards set by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) from time to time hereafter.
GARBAGE. Any and all refuse accumulation of animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter that results from the preparation, use or cooking of meats, fish, fowl, fruit or other substances.
LAWN AND GARDEN WASTE. Includes vegetative matter from landscape maintenance as set forth in I.C. 13-20-9.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. The presence and/or accumulation of the following shall be considered a PUBLIC NUISANCE, including, but not limited to:
(1) Litter;
(2) Fallen tree stumps, dead trees, cut brush or fallen or cut limbs;
(3) Boxes, appliances, household items and tires;
(4) Demolition remains;
(5) Accumulated garbage and trash;
(6) Automobile parts, disassembled automobiles, automobiles without engines, plumbing and piping materials and parts, scrap metal, unseaworthy or dilapidated boats, dilapidated, deteriorated or non-operable jet skis, snowmobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, trailers or mopeds;
(7) Any wastewater, filth, offal, garbage, rubbish, animal waste or human excrement which is deposited, allowed or caused to be upon public or private property;
(8) Any water or any other substance which is caused or permitted to flow onto or be deposited upon any public property or public way, except natural surface water drainage;
(9) Any dead animal or animal parts;
(10) Any personal property which is infected with contagious disease or is likely to cause an immediate health hazard;
(11) Any matter which attracts or may attract rodents, insects or domestic or wild animals in such a manner as to create a health hazard or unsanitary or dangerous condition;
(12) The storage of any explosive, combustible or other material which creates a public safety or health hazard;
(13) Trees, shrubbery, weeds, snow or other matter obstructing public ways or causing visual barriers which create vehicular traffic or pedestrian safety hazards;
(14) Trash or garbage containers left upon the sidewalk, the area between a street and sidewalk or the front or the side yard, except as is permitted by this chapter for trash and garbage collection purposes;
(15) Weeds or other rank vegetation growing upon real estate within the town, including, without limitation, those varieties listed at § 152.30 of this code that have been left to grow in an uncut and unsightly condition; and
(16) Any furniture not originally designed or manufactured solely for outdoor use, or any furniture which was originally designed or manufactured for outdoor use which is now dilapidated or deteriorated.
SOLID WASTE. Any garbage, rubbish, refuse, household waste, household hazardous waste or other discarded material, including solids liquids, semisolids or contained gaseous material.
TRASH AND RUBBISH. Material other than garbage resulting from ordinary household and commercial operations, including such items as tin cans, glass, bottles, ashes, papers, magazines and newsprint, boxes, rags and small cartons.
(Prior Code, § 70.01) (Ord. 4-89, passed 5-8-1989; Ord. 17-89, passed 1-22-1990; Ord. 4-92, passed 6-22-1992; Ord. 4-2021, passed 5-24-2021)