For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"DILAPIDATED ITEM." Any item in a state of disrepair, junk, a dismantled or stripped vehicle, or parts, and/or any item which is damaged, in a state of decay or ruin, or unable to be reasonably used for its intended purpose without substantial repair or restoration. This definition includes, but is not limited to, any motor vehicle, boat, equipment, home appliance. sporting equipment, playground equipment, toy, and furniture or part that is in a dilapidated or inoperable condition and which is left in such condition continuously for more than seven (7) consecutive days.
"DISCARDED ITEM." Any item which is cast off, set aside as having no particular use and, includes, but is not limited to, motor vehicles, auto body parts, tires, boats, home appliances and furniture in a dilapidated or apparently inoperable condition and/or any item left in open storage or discarded or stacked on private property continuously for more than seven (7) consecutive days.
"GARBAGE." Any discarded material or anything thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless. It shall include, but not be limited to, all unclean material that is discarded and constitutes a potential menace to the public health and welfare or obstructs any public thoroughfares and the by- product of animal or vegetable foodstuffs resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, or other matter which is subject to decomposition, decay, putrefaction or the generation of noxious or offensive gases or odors, or which during or after decay, may serve as breeding or feeding material for flies, insects or animals or vermin of any type.
"JUNK." Any item, including, but not limited to, deteriorated furniture, abandoned, discarded or unused appliances, junk machinery and/or parts, storage tanks, dumpsters, refuse or trash containers not being served by the city garbage collection contractor, equipment, building material, junk motor vehicles or vehicle parts, tires, old toys, or other items which are either wholly or partially rusted, faded, wrecked, junked, dismantled or in inoperative condition. JUNK shall also include, but not be limited to, wrecked automobiles, scrap iron or metals, old furniture, old metal or plastic parts no longer used, paper, rags, plastic containers or totes or cardboard boxes stacked on porches or other areas of property such as sides of houses, against outside fencing etc., bottles and other debris. JUNK shall be viewed from the totality of the circumstances.
"PUBLIC NUISANCE." With regard to property, anything, including, but not limited to, dilapidated items, discarded items, garbage, junk, rubbish, seasonal items, excessive amounts of compost, offensive odor causing substances or emissions, or other items or situations that, because of its/their condition or circumstance is unsafe, unsanitacy, unsightly, especially liable to fire loss, unfit or unsafe for human habitation, or occupancy or use, a haven for insects, snakes, spiders, rodents or vermin, or is dangerous or injurious to the health or safety of the occupants, neighboring occupants or any other individuals constitutes a public nuisance.
"RUBBISH." Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; the term shall include, but not be limited to, the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and other similar materials. International Property Maintenance Code latest edition, Section 202.
"SEASONAL ITEMS." Seasonal items shall be viewed from the totality of the circumstances and their relationship to the health, safety and welfare of the occupants and shall include, but not be limited to, collections of decoys such as deer, turkey or duck decoys outside the house in plain sight, except in fish and wildlife approved hunting seasons; dead plants left in pots in plain sight, stacked empty flower pots viewable from the street, holiday materials of any type remaining outside the home for more than forty-five (45) days after the appropriate holiday season, old canning jars or canning equipment stacked in boxes in the yard in plain sight, and any other items that attract insects, rodents, vermin, spiders or other pestilence that could pose a safety hazard to the occupants or the neighbors.
(Ord. 2020-1804, passed 11-12-20)