For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LITTER. Any discarded, used, or unconsumed substance, matter, or waste. LITTER may include, but is not necessarily limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish, grass clippings, or other lawn waste, newspaper, magazine, glass, metal, plastic, or any type of container or other packing or construction material, wood, abandoned motor vehicle as defined by law, motor vehicle parts, furniture, oil, carcass of a dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter of any kind, any object likely to injure any person or create a traffic hazard, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary matter which has been carried, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of improperly.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self-propelled and includes, but is not limited to, mopeds, motorcycles, motorbikes, motor scooters, and including automobiles, trucks, vans, recreational vehicles, semi-trailer trucks, busses and also pedacycles which are equipped with operational pedals for propulsion by human power and equipped with a power drive shaft which functions directly or automatically only and not requiring shifting by the operator while the drive cylinder is engaged.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, or any other legal entity or their legal agent, representative, or assign.
(Ord. 1036, passed 2-18-80)