For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“GARBAGE.” All organic household waste, offal, animal and vegetable matter prepared or intended for use as food, condemned foodstuffs and materials, and substances, materials and things ordinarily disposed of in containers and incinerators by hotels, restaurants, stores, hospitals, apartment houses, and private dwellings.
“NUISANCE VEGETATION.” Includes one or all of the following:
(1) Any grasses and/or weeds exceeding seven inches in height;
(2) Rank vegetation; and
(3) Any vegetation that obscures the visual clearance at street intersections as established in the sight visibility requirements in the zoning ordinance.
“OWNER.” All persons, entities, or organizations who are responsible for the payment of taxes on the real estate.
“PROPERTY.” A lot or parcel of real estate including, in addition to those within their respective boundaries, all of the grounds lying between the property line and the improved portion of adjacent streets or alleys.
“RANK VEGETATION.” Any vegetation, living or dead, that acts as a habitat for mosquitoes, flies, bees, mice, snakes, rats, or other insects or animals that pose a hazard to the public health.
“TRASH.” All rubbish and refuse including, but not limited to, glass bottles and containers, broken glass, beer and soft drink cans, rubber products, metals, rags, household appliances, construction debris, and automotive parts.
“VEGETATION.” Any plant life, including but not limited to molds, fungi, algae, herbs, grasses, flowers, shrubs, bushes, and trees.
“WEEDS.” Any grass-like vegetation, including but not limited to those that bear seeds capable of being spread by the wind, poison ivy, poison oak, thistles, wild carrot, straw, dandelion, cocklebur, barberry brush, ragweed, and other like vegetation.
“YARD WASTE.” Including but not limited to: grass clippings, garden waste, tree limbs, and leaves.
(Ord. 2011-10, passed 4-4-11; Am. Ord. 2013-3, passed 7-1-13; Am. Ord. 2020-7, passed 9-8-20)