For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED PROPERTY. Any junk car, car bodies, or equipment of any type, except in an authorized junk yard, or any accumulations of other unsightly trash or junk which would constitute a health hazard, a rodent harborage, a breeding area for insects or rodents, a dangerous place for children to play in and around, or which tends to be unsightly and which does or tends to lower the value of adjacent real property because of its unsightliness.
ABANDONMENT OF VEHICLES. No person shall abandon any vehicle within the city for such time and under such circumstances as to cause the vehicle reasonably to appear to have been abandoned.
GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
INOPERABLE VEHICLE. Any vehicle which is not in operating condition due to damage, removal, or inoperability of one or more tires and wheels, the engine, or other essential parts required for the operation of the vehicle, or which does not have lawfully affixed thereto unexpired license plates, or which constitutes an immediate health, safety, fire, or traffic hazard.
NUISANCE. Unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission:
(1) Annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others;
(2) In any way renders other persons insecure in life or in the use of property;
(3) Renders the ground, the water, the air, or food a hazard or any injury to human health; and in addition
PRIVATE PROPERTY. Any real property within the city that is privately owned and which is not public property.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. One that affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal. Every other nuisance is private.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Any street, alley, or highway, which shall include the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained for the purposes of vehicular travel, and also means any other publicly owned property or facility.
REMOVAL AGENCY. Any public body, private, or nonprofit organization authorized, hired, or appointed by the city to remove and salvage vehicles.
SOLID WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility, and other discarded materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities including, but not limited to: wood and other construction materials; appliances; yard waste; tires; scrap iron; chemicals; or fuel.
UNSIGHTLY TRASH OR JUNK. Property which is deteriorated or wrecked, or derelict property in unusable condition, having no value other than nominal scrap or junk value, if any, and which is left outside of a permanent, enclosed structure and which shall include, without limitation: motors; lawn mowers; campers; refrigerators and other household appliances; furniture; household goods and furnishings; scrap metals or lumber; or other similar articles in such condition.
VEHICLE. Any conveyance, whether or not self-propelled, and which is designed to travel along the ground or in or on the water and shall include, but not be limited to: automobiles; buses; motorbikes and motorcycles; motor scooters; trucks; tractors; pull trailers; go-karts; golf carts; boats; jet skis; campers; and trailers.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and storm water that may be present.
(Ord. 581, passed 4-9-2007)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 21-10-1, 21-10-3, 34A-6-1.2