For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNCIL. The duly elected Town Council.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The Board of Health organized pursuant to W. Va. Code Ch. 16, Art. 2 or Art. 2A.
MAY or SHALL. MAY is permissive; SHALL is mandatory.
PERSON. Includes a natural person, corporation, unincorporated association, chartered association, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or joint stock company, club company, business trust or any manager, agent, servant, officer or employee of any item.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The County Planning Commission created pursuant to W. Va. Code Ch. 8A, Art. 2.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any thing, any act, any failure to act or any occupation or use of property which shall annoy, injure or endanger the safety, health, comfort or repose of the public at large, and shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, animals running at large; vessels or items holding stagnant water in which mosquitoes can breed; carcasses of animals not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner; accumulations of manure non-agriculturally related, or rubbish, which are breeding places for flies, mosquitoes or vermin; the pollution of any body of water, stream, creek, pond or river by sewage, industrial wastes or other substances; privy vaults and garbage cans which are not air-tight; noxious weeds and other rank growths of vegetation upon private property; any condition of the structure, including appurtenances, considered an attractive nuisance to children, such as abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations or unsafe open structures; any structure that is unsafe for human habitation; any that is manifestly capable of being a fire hazard or is manifestly unsafe or unsecured so as to endanger life, limb or property; any structure in the state of dilapidation, deterioration, decay, faulty construction, overcrowded, open, vacant or abandoned, or damaged by fire to the extent so as not to provide shelter, or in danger of collapse or failure and dangerous to anyone on or near the structure and surrounding premises; any premises used for illegal possession, storage or delivery of or trafficking in controlled substances, or other illegal drug activity, is hereby declared a PUBLIC NUISANCE, and all other acts, omissions to act, occupations and uses of property which are in fact a menace or detriment to the public health, safety and welfare, create conditions of slum and blight or effect the quality of life for the citizens and residents of the town.
TOWN. Refers to the Town of Lost Creek, West Virginia.
TOWN CLERK. The duly appointed Clerk of the town.
(Ord. passed 7-7-2020)