For purposes of this subchapter, the following words shall have the following specified meanings:
COMMON AREA. The entire common interest development as that term is defined in Cal. Civ. Code § 1351, except the separate interests therein, or any area defined as a COMMON AREA within a homeowners association’s declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions.
JUNK. Any cast-off, damaged, discarded, junked, obsolete, salvaged, scrapped, unusable, worn-out or wrecked object, thing or material composed in whole or in part of asphalt, brick, carbon, cement, plastic or other synthetic substance, fiber, glass, metal, paper, plaster, plaster of paris, rubber, terra cotta, wool, cotton, cloth, canvas, organic matter or other substance, having no substantial market value or requiring reconditioning in order to be used for its original purpose.
JUNK YARD. A site or portion of a site on which waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled, including used furniture and household equipment yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards and the like, except a site on which such uses are conducted within a completely enclosed structure and except scrap metal yards.
OWNER. The owner of record of real property, occupant, lessee, sublessee, interested holder in real property, or homeowners association, as the case may be. For purposes of this subchapter, a homeowners association which exercises management and/or control over a common area shall be deemed an OWNER of the area over which such control is exercised. Exercising control includes but is not limited to ownership, maintenance, easements and/or assessing fees on property owners pursuant to agreements, deeds or recorded documents.
PREMISES. Any real property and/or improvements thereon, as the case may be, including but not limited to an area designated as a common area within a condominium or similar project.
PROPERTY. Any premises.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL. The Building Official, Community Development Director and Fire Chief or their respective designees, authorized to use the provisions of this subchapter for violations of those ordinances for which their respective departments have primary enforcement authority.
(Ord. 680-C.S., passed 6-17-04; Am. Ord. 709-C.S., passed 3-6-07; Am. Ord. 885-C.S., passed 5-21-19; Am. Ord. 904-C.S., passed 10-6-20)