For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED PROPERTY. In the form of deteriorated, wrecked or derelict property in unusable condition, having no value other than nominal scrap or junk value, and left unprotected from the elements; the term includes, but is not limited to, deteriorated, wrecked, inoperable, or partially dismantled motor vehicles, trailers, plumbing fixtures, and furniture.
CHILD.
Any person less than 18 years of age.
CHEMICAL DUMPSITE.
Any place or area where chemicals or other waste materials have been located.
CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB.
The unlawful manufacture or attempt to manufacture controlled substances.
CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB SITE.
Any place or area where an unlawful clandestine drug lab exists. A
CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB SITE
includes any dwellings, accessory structures, a chemical dump site, a vehicle boat trailer or other similar appliance or any other area or location.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
Any drug, substance or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V of M.S. § 152.02. The term does not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, intoxicating liquors or tobacco.
GARBAGE. See MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Shall have the meaning set forth in Minnesota Statutes. Household hazardous waste (HHW) is a subset. Wastes are hazardous in Minnesota when they display one or more of these characteristics: ignitable, oxidizer, corrosive, reactive, toxic, or lethal.
LITTER. Garbage, recyclables, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this code, tends to create a nuisance or danger to public health, safety, and welfare.
METHAMPHETAMINE PRECURSOR DRUGS. Any:
(1) Drug or product containing as its sole active ingredient ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or any of their salts, optical isomers, or salts or optical isomers; or
(2) Combination drug or product containing as one of its active ingredients ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or any of their salts, optical isomers, or sales of optical isomers.
MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW). Has the same meaning set forth in Minnesota Statutes and means garbage. Garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash, and other solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial, and community activities, that the generator of the waste aggregates for collection. MSW does not include auto hulks, street sweepings, ash, construction debris, mining waste, sludges, tree and agricultural wastes, tires, lead acid batteries, motor and vehicle fluids and filters, and other materials collected, processed, and disposed of as separate waste streams. Also referred to as "trash" or "garbage."
OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES.
A retail sale of a drug or product, but not including the sale of a drug or product pursuant to the terms of a valid prescription.
OWNER.
Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who owns, in whole or in part, the land, building, structure, vehicle, boat, trailer or other location associated with a clandestine drug lab site or chemical dump site.
REFUSE. All solid waste products or those wastes having the character of solids rather than liquids in that they will not flow readily without additional liquid and which are composed wholly or partly of such materials as garbage, sweepings, swill, cleanings, trash, rubbish, industrial solid wastes or domestic solid wastes; organic wastes or residue of animals sold as meat, fruit, or other vegetable or animal matter from kitchen, dining room, market, food establishment or any place dealing or handling meat, fowl, fruit, grain or vegetables; offal, animal excreta, or the carcass of animals; tree or shrub trimmings, or grass clippings; brick, plaster, wood, metal or other waste matter resulting from the demolition, alteration or construction of buildings or structures; accumulated waste materials, cans, containers, junk vehicles, ashes, tires, junk, or other such substances which may become a nuisance.
UNDERGROUND LIQUID STORAGE SYSTEM, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK or TANK. Any one or a combination of containers including tanks, vessels, enclosures, or structures and underground appurtenances connected to them, that is used to contain or dispense an accumulation of liquid substances deemed by the city to pose a threat to the public's health, safety or welfare. The volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes connected to them, is 10% or more beneath the surface of the ground, this does not include septic tanks.
YARD WASTE. Organic material consisting of garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, shrubs, and tree waste and pruning.
('72 Code, § 1000:01) (Ord. 1989-627(A), passed 6-26-89; Am. Ord. 1993-741, passed 11-22-93; Am. Ord. 2005-1030, passed 1-10-05; Am. Ord. 2021-1262, passed 5-10-21)