For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LITTER. Any rubbish, trash, weeds, filth, and debris which shall constitute a hazard to public health and safety and shall include all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes including garbage, trash, ashes, street cleaning, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial waste; any deposit, accumulation, pile, or heap of brush, grass, debris, weeds, cans, cloth, paper, wood, rubbish, or other unsightly or unsanitary matter of any kind whatsoever; and any growth of weeds, brush, grass, or other vegetable growth to a height of over six inches.
PRIVATE PREMISES. Any dwelling, house, building, or other structure designed or used either wholly or in part for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, or vestibules belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building, or other structures.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds, and buildings.
(1989 Code, § 10-4-1)