For the purposes of this chapter the following terms are defined as follows:
A. "Animal" means cattle, swine, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, dogs, cats, goats, rabbits, or any other animal, and chickens, turkeys, geese, pigeons, doves, ducks, or other fowl, and any reptile, including snakes, lizards, turtles.
B. "Garbage" means the putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, and consumption of foods.
C. "Health officer" means the health officer of the city of Hoopeston or his/her authorized representative.
D. "Nuisance" means any condition which may be offensive and detrimental to a person or his property or which may constitute a hazard to the health or safety of any person.
E. "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, association, trust, partnership, corporation, person doing business under an assumed name, the state of Illinois or any department thereof, or any other entity.
F. "Premises" includes any parcel of property and the building or structure, if any, which is situated on the property, and any portion of the public way that abuts the parcel of property when it is used in conjunction with the abutting property for the commission of illegal activity.
G. "Residential community" means any village, town, incorporated or unincorporated municipality, recreation area, mobile home park, subdivision, or unplatted residential sites in which two or more dwellings are located within one thousand five hundred feet of each other.
H. "Standard farming practice" means any agricultural practice found on the farm which is recognized as one in wide and general usage for the preparation, growing, harvesting, and storing of agronomic commodities, or for the production of farm animals.
I. “Shrub” shall mean a woody perennial plant consisting of several erect, spreading or prostrate stems and a general busy appearance.
J. “Tree” shall mean a woody perennial plant which, at maturity, is typically twenty (20) feet or more in height, with a single trunk unbranched for at least several feet above ground.
K. “Vegetation” shall mean and include all species of plants, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs, fruit or ornamentals excluding trees and shrubs which are not intentionally planted and regularly maintained by the owner or the owner’s designee.
L. “Alternative vegetation” shall mean and include all native or commercially propagated species of vines, annual or perennial flowers and grasses, vegetables, herbs, fruit, or plants excluding trees and shrubs, which are intentionally planted and regularly maintained by the owner or the owner’s designee. Turf grass and forms of vegetation prohibited in section 8.12.030.O.4. that are eight (8) inches in height or taller shall not be considered alternative vegetation.
(Ord. 2021-2, 2020; Ord. 2003-1 § 1, 2002; Ord. 78-6 § 1 (part), 1977; prior code § 16.120.2).