A. The term “City” as used herein means City of Columbus, Anoka County, Minnesota.
B. The term “person” as used herein includes any person firm or corporation, and the singular shall include the plural.
C. Where references are made herein to particular officers, councils, board or agencies, such officers, councils, board or agencies are those of the City of Columbus.
D. The term “City Council” as used herein means the City Council of the City of Columbus, Anoka County, Minnesota.
E. The term “noxious weeds” as used herein means an annual, biennial, or perennial plant that the Minnesota Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture designates to be injurious to public health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock, or other property.
F. The term “junk” as used herein includes materials stored outside or in public view as defined by Minnesota Statute § 161.242: old or scrap hazard signs, copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, synthetic or organic, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles or farm or construction machinery or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other o
ld or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
[§ 5-200 amended by Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007, and amended by Ord. No. 10-01, effective March 18, 2010, amended by Ord No. 22-09, effective December 28, 2022.]