“Barrier” means a fence, a wall, a building wall or a combination thereof, which completely surrounds the swimming pool and obstructs access to the swimming pool.
“Brush” means tree trunks, limbs, branches, and twigs.
“Ceremonial Fire (bonfire)” means an outdoor fire larger than three feet by three feet by three feet (3'x3'x3') which is used for entertainment purposes as part of a specifically scheduled public or private event and excludes leaves, grass or shrubbery clippings or cuttings.
“Garbage” means organic waste resulting from preparation, processing, handling and storage of food and all decayed or spoiled food from any source.
“Habitable Structure” means any structure with electric and heat intended to be used for living, sleeping, eating, or assembly purposes including but not limited to residences, multifamily dwellings, churches, schools, food facilities and industrial buildings.
“Hot Tub” see definition of spa.
“In-ground pool” see definition of swimming pool.
“Landscape Waste” means all accumulation of grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, flowers and weeds.
“Litter” means any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste. Litter may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging construction material, motor vehicle parts, furniture, oil, carcass of dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter of any kind, any object likely to injure any person or create a traffic hazard, potentially infectious medical waste, or anything else of an unsanitary nature, which has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise disposed of improperly.
“Manure” means the excreta of livestock and poultry, which may contain some spilled feed, bedding or litter.
“Natural Barrier” means a non-seasonal lake, pond or stream greater than 20 feet in width.
“Neighboring residence” means a one or two-family dwelling or a one-family townhouse not more than three stories in height, situated on improved property within 500 feet of a residential swimming pool.
“Non-habitable Structure” means any structure not identified as habitable as defined and would include but is not limited to garages, sheds, barns, and swimming pools.
“Noxious Weed” means Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis), Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans), and perennial members of the sorghum genus including Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), and Sorghum almum, Kudzu (Pueraria labata) and within the corporate limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns, Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida L.) and Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.).
“Offal” means the intestines and discarded parts from the slaughter of animals.
“Open Burning” means the combustion of any matter in such a way that the products of the combustion are emitted to the open air without originating in or passing through equipment for which a permit could be issued under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act.
“Recreational Fire” means a temporary outdoor fire for warmth, cooking for human consumption, or for non-ceremonial purposes where the fire is not larger than three feet by three feet by three feet (3'x3'x3') and excludes leaves, grass or shrubbery clippings or cuttings.
“Residential” means that which is situated on the premises of a detached one or two-family dwelling or a one-family townhouse not more than three stories in height.
“Spa – portable, non-portable, hot tub” means a non-permanent structure intended for recreational bathing in which all controls, water-heating and water-circulating equipment are an integral part of the product.
“Structure” means the results of a man-made change to the land constructed on or below the ground, including the construction, reconstruction or placement of a building or any addition to a building; installing a manufactured home on a site; preparing a site for a manufactured home or installing a recreational vehicle or travel trailer on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.
“Swimming Pool” means any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 24 inches deep. This includes in-ground, aboveground and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs and spas.
“Swimming pool – indoor” means a swimming pool which is totally contained within a structure and surrounded on all four sides by walls of said structure.
“Swimming pool – outdoor” means any swimming pool, which is not an indoor pool.
(Ord. O-201711-51-031, passed 11-14-2017)