The term, for the purposes of this subchapter, shall mean:
(A) Bulky waste: stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, furniture, appliances and other waste materials other than construction debris, dead animals, hazardous materials or stable matter with weights or volumes greater than those allowed for containers;
(B) Construction debris: as waste building materials resulting from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations;
(C) Dead animal: any animal, or portions thereof, equal to or greater than ten pounds in weight that has expired from any cause, except those slaughtered or killed for human use or consumption;
(D) Garbage: any and all dead animals of less than ten pounds in weight, except those slaughtered for human consumption; every accumulation of waste (animal, vegetable and/or matter) that results from the preparation, processing, consumption, dealing in, handling, packing, canning, storage, transportation, decay or decomposition of meats, fish fowl, birds, fruits, grains or other animal or vegetable matter (including, but not by way of limitation, used tin cans and other food containers; and all putrescible or easily decomposable waste animal or vegetable matter which is likely to attract flies or rodents); except, in all cases, any matter included in the definitions of “bulky waste”, “construction debris”, “dead animal”, “hazardous materials”, “rubbish” or “stable matter”;
(E) Hazardous materials: any chemical, compound, mixture, substance or article which is designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate agency of the state government to be hazardous as that term is defined by or pursuant to federal or state law;
(F) Rubbish: waste wood, wood products, tree trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants, weeds, leaves, dead trees or branches thereof, chips, shavings, sawdust, printed matter, paper, cardboard, rags, straw, used and discarded mattresses, used and discarded clothing, combustible waste pump and other products such as are used for packing, or wrapping crockery and glass, ashes, cinders, flooring sweepings, grass, mineral and metallic substances and any and all other waste materials not included in the definitions of “bulky waste”, “construction debris”, “dead animal”, “hazardous materials”, “garbage” or “stable matter”;
(G) Stable matter: excessive manure and other waste matter normally accumulated in or about a stable, or any animal, livestock or poultry enclosure and resulting from the keeping of animals, poultry or livestock;
(H) Waste matter: unused or discarded matter having no substantial market value, which is exposed to the elements and is not enclosed in any structure or otherwise concealed from public view, and which consists (without limitation or exclusion by enumeration) of such matter and material as:
(1) Rubble, asphalt, concrete, plaster, tile;
(2) Rubbish, crates, cartons, metal and glass containers; and
(3) Vehicle bodies and parts.
(I) Weeds: all eight-inch or taller grasses, annual plants, perennial plants, noxious weeds or other weeds and all other rank uncultivated vegetation, other than trees, bushes and cultivated plants, flowers and agricultural products;
(J) Abandoned, wrecked and junked vehicles:
(1) MOTOR VEHICLES are defined as any vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power design to travel on the ground by wheels, treads, runners or slides and to transport persons or property or pulled machinery including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles and tractors.
(2) Reference to vehicles, and unsightly motor vehicles, which meet anyone of the following qualifications:
(a) It does not carry a current valid state registration and license plate; and
(b) It cannot be safely operated under its own power.
(2) (a) Placement in street is unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to place, allow, discard, maintain, park or store any abandoned, wrecked or junked vehicle, major household furnishings or appliance or machinery, or parts thereof, as defined in § 92.02 of this chapter, upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public property within the city.
(b) Placement in open view on private property is unlawful. It is unlawful for any person, whether he or she be owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise of any private property or premises, to place, allow, discard, maintain, park, store or permit to be placed, allowed, discarded, maintained, parked or stored up on such property or premises for a period of time exceeding 30 days any abandoned, wrecked or junked vehicle, major household furnishings or appliance or machinery, or part thereof, as defined in § 92.02 of this chapter; provided, however, that, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any property or premises where the vehicle, furnishings, appliance or machinery, or part thereof, is how is within a building or fence so as to not be visible from the street or other public or private property, or stored or parked in the lawful manner in connection with or incidental to a business or commercial enterprise which is the primary or principal use of such property or premises.
(K) Machinery: all articles of industrial, farm or domestic machinery or equipment and any and all metal or wooden machinery, motors, equipment or tools; and
(L) Major household furnishings and appliances: all articles usually referred to as major household furnishings and appliances use in housekeeping, including, but not limited to, chairs, tables, davenports, beds, refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, furnaces and grease, oil and paint containers of five-gallon or over capacity.
(Ord. 10-19-2015, passed 10-19-2005) Penalty, see § 92.99