For the purposes of this chapter and in order to carry out its provisions and intentions, certain words, terms and phrases shall be determined to have the meanings ascribed to them herein.
Words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural number include the singular. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
DONATION BOX: A freestanding accessory structure, container, receptacle, or similar device that is used for soliciting and collecting donations of clothing or other salvageable personal property, provided, however, that this term excludes any unattended donation boxes located within a secured building.
JUNK: Shall include, but is not limited to, discarded paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, plastics, metals, pieces of glass, crockery and other discarded manufactured items.
PERSON: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY: Any real property within the village which is not a street or highway.
STREET OR HIGHWAY: The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
VEHICLE: A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy and wagon.
VEHICLE, ABANDONED: Abandoned vehicles are vehicles located on public or private property which are allowed to remain on public property, or on private property without the consent of the owner, for a period of more than twenty four (24) hours.
VEHICLE, UNLICENSED AND/OR UNREGISTERED: Any vehicle which under the laws of the state of Illinois would be required to be licensed or registered in order to be operated on public highways within the state and/or which under the ordinances of the village is required to bear a current sticker unless the vehicle shall be entirely within a fully enclosed building. (Ord. 2013-05-02, 5-22-2013; amd. Ord. 2014-08-03, 8-27-2014)