For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED. To give up control of, or to cease from intending or attempting to protect, maintain or use any vehicle, property, premise or junk within the city.
ABANDONED PROPERTY. Any derelict or wrecked property which has been left abandoned or unprotected from the elements and shall include inoperative or partially dismantled, trailers, boats, machinery, appliances, furniture, construction materials and other similar articles used in or in conjunction with the home, property or vehicle.
ANIMAL WASTE (MANURE). Animal excreta, including cleanings from barns, stables, corrals, all pens or conveyances used for stabling, transporting or penning of animals, fowl or reptiles.
ASHES. Any residue, hot or cold, that occurs and remains due to burning or other similar mamler of combustion.
BLIGHT. Any one or more of the following conditions or activities:
(1) Abandoned building or structure;
(2) Attractive nuisance, as in a property which is in an unsecured state so as to potentially constitute an attraction to children, vagrants, criminals or other unauthorized persons or so as to enable persons to resort thereto for the purpose of committing a unlawful act;
(3) A building or structure which is in a state of disrepair to the extent so as to pose a threat to public health, safety or welfare; and
(4) Property inadequately maintained to the extent so as to pose a threat to public health, safety or welfare.
BRUSH. All trees and plant material which is growing or has grown on the premise.
CITY. The City of Goose Creek, South Carolina.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The appointed representative(s) of the city to administer this code.
CONTAINER. The 95-gallon or 65-gallon roll-cart refuse container provided by the City of Goose Creek.
CONTRACTOR. Any individual(s) who provides a service for an owner and receives payment of any kind for any service rendered.
CITY COUNCIL. The duly elected officials of the city.
COUNTY. Berkeley County, South Carolina.
DETERIORATION. The condition of a building, vehicle, public or private property or part thereof, characterized by excessive holes, breaks, rotting, crumbling, peeling, rusting, neglect, lack of maintenance or other evidence of physical decay or excessive use.
DRY TRASH. All weeds, limbs, brush, roots, leaves, grass clippings, straw, logs, stumps and the like.
END OF WORK WEEK. Friday at 5:00 p.m.
EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW. Any premises or any part thereof, or any building or vehicle or any part thereof, which may be viewed by the public from a natural position, including any lawful elevated location on either public or private property, using unassisted vision.
EXTERIOR OF THE PREMISES. Open space on the premises outside of any building or vehicle thereon.
EXTERMINATION. The control of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food, by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The government of the United States of America.
GARBAGE. Any organic waste matter, both animal and vegetable. Also, small cans, bottles, rags,
boxes, small dead animals and any other similar waste.
HIGHWAY. A way or place of whatever nature, publicly or privately maintained and opened to the use of the public or private sector for vehicular travel. Highway includes streets, alleys, rights-of-way or paths.
IMPOUND LOT. An area incident to the operation of a business within the commercial district of the city, used for the storage of vehicles from which no major parts have been removed, which are capable of being made fully operational and used for storage of not more than nine vehicles as defined herein, at any time.
INFESTATION. The abnormal presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premise which constitutes a health hazard.
INOPERATIVE. Any vehicle or property that is not functioning in a manner consistent with its intended use.
INOPERATIVE VEHICLE. A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets as it was intended and designed to do for reason including, but not limited to, being unlicensed, unregistered, wrecked, in a state of disrepair or incapable of being moved under its own power
JUNK. Any item that has no value other than nominal salvage value.
JUNKYARD. An establishment which is maintained or used for storing, buying or selling junk or an automobile graveyard and shall include garbage dumps, sanitary landfills and scrap processors.
LITTER. Any unpleasant, unhealthy or unsanitary accumulation or placement of refuse, rubbish, garbage, the growth of grass, bushes, weeds, vines, leaves and the like on private and/or public property.
NUISANCE. Any act, thing, occupation, condition or use of property, whereby:
(1) The health or life of any individual may be endangered, injured impaired and/or cause any disease;
(2) Substantially injures or endangers the health safety of an individual;
(3) Renders the public insecure in life and or use of property;
(4) Unlawfully and or substantially interferes with, obstructs or renders dangerous for passage on or across any street, highway, alley, navigable waterway or other public way.
OPERATOR. Any person(s) who has charge, care or control of a structure, dwelling, premises or vehicle or any part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner, including, if applicable, a lessee.
OWNER. Any person(s), agent, operator, firm, mortgage holder, part owner, tenant, corporation or any entity having a legal or equitable interest in the property or recorded in the official records of the state, county or municipality. Owner shall include any person who has control of the property or who otherwise holds themselves out as having control of the property. Owner shall include the personal representative of an estate or the guardian or conservator of a minor or incompetent person who has an ownership interest in the property.
PARTIALLY DISMANTLED/WRECKED VEHICLE. Any vehicle from which major parts have been removed so as to render the motor vehicle inoperative, or a wrecked vehicle where the damage to the vehicle has rendered the vehicle inoperative.
PARTIES OF INTEREST. Any person or entity who has interest of record in a premise or any who are in actual possession thereof.
PERSONS. The word PERSON shall extend and be applied to individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, organizations and bodies political and corporate, or any combination thereof.
PREMISES. The exterior of any building, structure or any parcel of land (whether improved or unimproved) including the area up to the paved edge of the road, street, curb or alley and including any adjacent sidewalks, easements and right-of-way.
PUBLIC PLACES. Any building, park, cemetery, school yard or open space owned by the public and used for the general welfare of the public.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Lands and improvements owned by the federal government, the state, the county or the city, and includes but is not limited to vehicles, buildings, grounds, parks, playgrounds, streets, sidewalks, parkways, easements, rights-of-way and other similar property.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. The individual appointed by the City Administrator to carry out the function of the City's Public Works Department as described in § 33.080.
REFUSE (TRASH). Any ashes, litter, leaves, grass, brushes, vines, tree branches, large pieces of metal (old appliances, vehicles and tin) and wood with no piece exceeding four inches in diameter and four feet in length and having a weight less than 50 pounds.
REFUSE (LITTER and GROWTH). Any unhealthy or unsanitary accumulation of litter and growth of grass, bushes, weeds, vines, leaves and the like, on both private and public property.
REPAIR. The improvement, replacement or restoration of an existing premise or vehicle to its original state with similar materials or parts to enhance its current value. The term REPAIR or REPAIRS shall not apply to any alteration, i.e. moving of walls, additions of rooms, similar change of construction and the like.
ROLL-CART/HOUSEHOLD REFUSE. The refuse container provided by the City of Goose Creek with a 95-gallon capacity.
ROLL-CART/YARD DEBRIS. The yard debris container available for purchase from the City of Goose Creek with a 95-gallon capacity.
RUBBISH. Any non-putrescent (not undergoing rotting or decomposition of organic material) solid waste, excluding ashes, consisting of both combustible and waste, such as paper, cardboard, waste metal, tin cans, brush, leaves, vines, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
SCDHEC. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
SCRAP PROCESSORS. Any person engaged in the business of buying scrap iron and metals, including, but not limited to, old vehicles, for the specific purpose of processing into raw material for re-melting purposes and whose product is ferrous and nonferrous scrap for shipment to steel mills, foundries, smelters and refineries, and having facilities and machinery designed for the processing.
SOLID WASTE. Garbage, rubbish, litter, dry trash, white goods, ashes and refuse.
STATE. The State of South Carolina.
TRANSLUCENT. A bag or container's ability to transmit or diffuse light so that objects within cannot be seen clearly
VEHICLES. Any device by which a person or property may be propelled, moved or towed upon a highway, except a vehicle moved by human power or those used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
WEEDS. All uncultivated vegetative growth.
WHITE GOODS. Any large appliance such as but not limited to, stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners and the like.
(Ord. 17-016, passed
7-11-2017)