1933.01 DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

         (a)    "Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended to be used, for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, or property.

         (b)    "City" means the City of Hamilton, Ohio.

        (c)    “Grass" means any of a large family (Gramineae) of monocotyledonous, mostly herbaceius plants with jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts.

         (d)    "Lot" means a single parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a principal building or group of such buildings and accessory buildings, or utilized for a principal use and uses accessory thereto, together with such open spaces as required by the City of Hamilton's Zoning Ordinance.

         (e)    "Noxious" means physically harmful or destructive to living human beings.

   (f)   "Noxious Weeds" means any plant designated a noxious weed by the State of Ohio or the federal government, and also turf grasses or weeds exceeding seven (7) inches in height. This term also includes grass, weeds, vegetation, and shrubs that are growing into or onto any portion of a public sidewalk or road.

   (g)   "Parcel" means a plot or tract, undivided acreage or group of lots in common ownership or control.

   (h)   "Property" means any land, lot, parcel of lands, or part thereof.

   (i)    "Structure" means anything constructed, the use of which requires a permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground.

         (j)    “Weeds" means any and all vegetation that is not managed or maintained by the owner, operator, or occupant of the property on which such vegetation is located, but excludes trees, shrubs and/or cultivated flowers and gardens.

          (k)    "Undeveloped" means that the entire lot and/or parcel that is free from any building or structure, as those words are defined above.

            (Ord. 2022-4-26. Passed 4-13-22; Ord. 2023-9-82. Passed 9-27-23.)