The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article IV shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Brush shall mean scrub vegetation or dense undergrowth.
Carrion shall mean the dead and putrefying flesh of any animal, fowl, or fish.
Cultivated shall mean vegetation that is deliberately grown and currently and continuously maintained by the owner, occupant, or agent of the property.
Developed property shall mean any tract of land or lot which meets any one of the following criteria:
(1) any structure or paving currently exists or has previously existed on the tract or lot; or
(2) any grading, mining, drilling, dredging, filling or excavation has taken place on the tract or lot.
Clearing trees or vegetation from a tract or lot shall not, by itself, be construed to render the affected tract or lot "developed property" within the meaning of this article.
Filth shall mean any matter in a putrescent state.
Garbage shall mean all decayable waste.
Impure or unwholesome matter shall mean any putrescible or nonputrescible condition, object or matter which tends, may, or could produce injury, death, or disease to human beings.
Junk shall mean all worn out, useless, worthless, discarded, or scrap material, including, but not limited to, odds and ends, old metal, scrap lumber, building debris, or old building materials, used tires, vehicle parts, and other items no longer used in the manner in which they were intended, including, but not limited to, furniture, working and non-working appliances and machinery and parts thereof.
Maintained when referring to vegetation, shall mean watered, pruned, trimmed, treated, and controlled in such a manner as to enhance the use or enjoyment of one's property, without interfering with the enjoyment or use of neighboring property or public access.
Nuisance shall mean anything which is injurious to the health or morals, or indecent or offensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
Objectionable, unsightly, or unsanitary matter shall mean any matter, condition or object which is or should be objectionable, unsightly or unsanitary to a person of ordinary sensitivities.
Owner shall mean a person having some interest in title to real property.
Paving shall mean any hard, smooth surface that will bear automobile travel, such as a surface of asphalt, concrete, brick, or other similar materials. The term shall not include a surface consisting only of packed earth, loose rock, or loose crushed rock.
Person shall include a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company, or corporation, as well as an individual.
Refuse shall mean a heterogeneous accumulation of worn out, used, broken, rejected, or worthless materials, and includes garbage, rubbish, paper or litter, and other decayable or nondecayable waste.
Rubbish shall mean both garbage and trash and shall include all animal, vegetable and inorganic matter subject to discard which is generated from within a household, residence, or business, such as but not limited to coffee grounds, tin cans, bottles, paper bags, plastic items, boxes, glass, and food articles, and additionally, shall include all animal, vegetable, and inorganic matter subject to discard which is not typically generated from within a household, residence, or business, such as shrubbery, grass clippings, brush, yard cleaning materials, leaves, tree trimmings, stoves, refrigerators, old iceboxes, pieces of metal scrap, feathers, furniture, dead animals, rocks, shingles, building materials, junk, trash, refuse, and other worn-out, wrecked or dismantled machinery, tractors, automobiles, and other similar wastes.
Structure shall mean any manmade structure that has been used as a residence or as a public gathering place. Structure shall also mean any manmade structure that has been occupied by a business or a non-profit organization. The term shall also include any construction, whether finished or unfinished, that is intended for any of the aforementioned uses.
Trash shall mean all non-decayable waste.
Undeveloped property shall mean any tract of land or lot which is not developed property.
Vegetation or vegetative shall mean or refer to any grass, weeds, shrubs, trees, brush, bushes, or vines.
Weeds shall mean vegetation that because of its height is objectionable, unsightly or unsanitary, but excluding cultivated crops, shrubs, bushes, trees, flowers, and vines.
(Ord. No. 2898, § 4, 2-10-00)