For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NUISANCE. In addition to what is declared in this section to be a public nuisance, those offenses which are known to the common law and the statutes of Indiana as a public nuisance. Whenever the word "nuisance" is used in this section is refers to a public nuisance.
OWNER. The record owner and any of record contract purchaser of the real estate, all as shown by the records in the Union County Courthouse.
RANK VEGETATION. Plant life which grows excessively and unmanageably upon the land.
WEED. A plant held to have little or no material public value, which tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants, and is usually growing, or has the potential to grow, plentifully and detrimentally upon the land.
(Ord. 2017-9, passed 8-21-2017)