The following definitions shall apply in the enforcement and interpretation of this regulation (the term "shall" indicates that which is required):
(a) Abandoned: Vacant and in need of repair or maintenance for a period greater than 120 days.
(b) Code Official: The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this Code, or any duly authorized representative.
(c) Exterior Property: Indicates those portions of a structure which are exposed to public view as well as the open space contiguous to the structure.
(d) Garbage: The animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, not to be inclusive of a maintained compost pile.
(e) “Graffiti” means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure or design which is marked, scratched, etched, drawn, applied or painted on any structural component of a building, structure or other facility regardless of the nature of the material of the structural component. Such inscription, word, figure or design shall be deemed unauthorized if the property owner has not granted written permission prior to its application to the structure.
(f) Operator: Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
(g) Owner: Any person, agent, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the state, county or municipality as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court.
(h) Person: Includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation or other legal entity, as well as an individual.
(Ord. 2001-25. Passed 3-21-01.)
(i) Public nuisance: Includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(1) The physical condition or occupancy of any premises regarded as a public nuisance at common law;
(2) Any premise designated by the Health Department of the City of Kent as unsafe for human habitation.
(3) Any premise that contains a condition which is a fire hazard.
(4) Any premise that is unsanitary, or that is littered with rubbish or garbage, or that has an uncontrolled growth of weeds;
(5) Any structure that is in a state of dilapidation, deterioration or decay; faulty construction; overcrowded; vacant or abandoned; damaged by fire to the extent so as not to provide shelter; in danger of collapse or failure; and dangerous to anyone on or near the premises.
(6) Graffiti which remains upon any building, property or premise, in excess of fourteen days.
(7) Any accumulation upon any lot of land of earth, rubbish or other material which attracts or propagates rats, vermin or insects in such manner that it endangers the public, health, safety, welfare of property.
(8) Any building or structure upon any lot of land is so out of repair that it constitutes a hazard.
(9) Any condition that exists which has been declared a public nuisance by the Ohio Revised Code. (Ord. 2011-99. Passed 10-19-11.)
(j) Premises: A lot, plot or parcel of land including any structures thereon.
(k) Rubbish: Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal and other combustible materials, paper, rages, cartons, boxes, wood, rubber, leather, tin cans, metals, glass, and other similar materials.
(l) Structure: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground, or attachment to something having a fixed location on the ground.
(m) Undefined Words: Words not specifically defined in this Code shall have the common definition set forth in a standard American English dictionary.
(n) Yard: An open space on the same lot with a structure.
(Ord. 2001-25. Passed 3-21-01.)