A. "In front of which the nuisance exists," as used in this chapter, includes to the rear of, or abutting, the property upon which the nuisance exists.
B. "Parkway," as used in this chapter, means the area between any sidewalk or curb.
C. "Rubbish," as used in this chapter, includes, but is not limited to, all of the following material and items existing in an unusable, discarded, or abandoned condition:
1. Refuse, waste, offal, garbage, filth and trash;
2. Asphalt, boards, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, cement, concrete, crates, dirt, glass, gravel, hoses, lumber, metal, paint, paper, pasteboard boxes, plaster, plastic, rubber, sand, stucco, tile, wire, wood, and other similar materials;
3. Vehicle bodies, motors, tires, parts and accessories;
4. Trimmings, clippings, and cuttings from lawns, shrubs, and trees, and all dead or uprooted grass, sod, shrubs, trees and vegetation;
5. Rugs, bedding, furniture, utensils, clothing, toys, appliances and household supplies;
6. All material dangerous or injurious to neighboring property;
7. All material dangerous or injurious to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants of the property upon which such material is located, or to any person in the vicinity of such property.
D. "Street," as used in this chapter, includes public street, drive, avenue, place, alley, land, court and way.
E. "Weeds," as used in this chapter, includes, but is not limited to all of the following:
1. Weeds which bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature;
2. Sagebrush, chaparral, and any other brush or weeds which attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property;
3. Weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous;
4. Poison oak and poison ivy, when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health;
5. Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endanger the public safety by creating a fire hazard;
6. All rank growths of every kind and description.
F. "Weed Abatement Official," as used in this chapter, means the Fire Chief or his designated representatives.
G. "Abate," as used in this chapter, includes those acts necessary to protect the property from further accumulation of rubbish and to protect the neighborhood from the existence of a nuisance which cannot easily be removed.
H. "Remove," as used in this chapter, includes abate.
(Ord. 2313 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1528 § 2 (part), 1968).