(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Junk" means any worn out, cast off or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new shall not be considered junk.
(2) "Rubbish" means and includes wire, chips, shavings, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin, cast or wooden ware, boxes, rags, dead weeds, stumps, tree trunks, brush, paper circulars, handbills, boots, shoes, ashes, garbage, offal or any waste material.
(3) "Owner" means the person, firm or corporation in whose name premises are listed in the records of deeds in the County Recorder's Office.
(4) "Notice" means a letter stating the manner in which this section is being violated, the description and/or location of the premises, the name of the owners and tenants (if any) of such premises and the period of time within which such premises are to be cleared of violations of this section. Such letter shall be signed by the Service Director.
(b) Accumulation Prohibited. No person shall deposit, store, maintain or collect, or permit the deposit, storage, maintenance or collection of any junk or rubbish on his own premises or any premises under his control, or on any street, sidewalk or alley or in any other place within the Municipality, except as expressly provided by law.
(c) Enforcement; Notice; Service. Whoever violates division (b) of this section shall, within 15 days after notification of such violation by the Service Director or Clerk-Treasurer, remove or cause to be removed the junk or rubbish or have the same placed in an adequate enclosure or building.
Such notice shall be served upon the owner and, if there is such, upon the tenant, by certified mail or by an officer of the Police Department.
The fact that such premises are rented or leased by the owner to another party shall not relieve such owner from the responsibilities provided for herein.
(Ord. 767. Passed 8-24-70.)