For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are hereby defined. Words used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural, the singular; the word “building” shall include the word “structure” and the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory.
DETERIORATION. The condition or appearance of the exterior of the building, or parts thereof, characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting, or other evidence of physical decay, neglect or lack of maintenance.
EXTERIOR OF THE PREMISES. Those portions of a building which are exposed to public view and the open space of any premises outside of any building.
FINAL ORDER. That a notice of violation has been served according to this chapter, and the persons named have failed to comply within the time allowed, or that a notice of violation has been served according to this chapter, an appeal taken, and is that order of determination issued by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
GARBAGE. Animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
INFESTATION. The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises, which constitutes a health hazard.
NUISANCE. That which is defined by the statutes of the state and declared thereby to be a nuisance and also including conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exists and where the conditions are perilous by active and negligent operation thereof and unsanitary conditions are anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health. Buildings or structures constituting public nuisances as used in this chapter shall apply to buildings or other structures which are unsafe, insecure, structurally defective, unstable or unsanitary. They include those buildings or structures which inadequately provide exit facilities, those building or structures unsuitable or improper for the use or occupancy to which they are put, those buildings or structures which constitute a hazard to health or safety because of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation or damage by fire or other cause, those buildings or structures which are obsolescent, abandoned or contain inadequate or unsafe equipment or are otherwise dangerous to life or property, those buildings or structures which for any of the foregoing reasons or by reason of continued vacancy thereby resulting in lack of reasonable or adequate maintenance of structure or grounds are causing deterioration and a blighting influence on nearby properties and thereby depreciating the enjoyment and use of property in the immediate vicinity to such an extent that it is harmful to the community in which such structure is situated.
OCCUPANT. Any person living and sleeping in a dwelling unit or having actual possession of such dwelling unit or any person who leases or rents a nonresidential building, structure or any portion thereof.
OWNER. Owner or owners shall be the recorded owner of the premises upon which the building or structures is located. They shall include either an owner in fee or a lessor estate. A mortgage or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, administrator trustee, lessee or other person in control of the building or their duly authorized agent may also be deemed the owner or owners as references herein. Any such person as identified above shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this section.
PERSON. Includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent or assignee.
PREMISES. A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
REFUSE. All putrescible, and nonputrescible solid waste (except body wastes) including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, dead animals; and industrial wastes; an accumulation of brush, broken glass, stumps, and roots that present a safety hazard and includes garbage, trash and debris which present an unsanitary and/or safety hazard.
RUBBISH. Nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and non- combustible wastes such as paper, wrappings, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, crockery, plastics, and similar materials.
(Ord. 04-06-01, passed 7-6-04; Am. Ord. 10-09-04, passed 10-5-10)