For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Whenever the word nuisance(s) is used in this chapter it refers to a public nuisance.
CITY: The City of Napoleon, Ohio.
COUNCIL: The City Council of Napoleon, Ohio.
NUISANCE:
(a) That which is defined and declared by ordinances or resolutions to be such; or,
(b) Those offenses which are known to the common law and statutes of Ohio as such; or,
(c) Any deterioration of structural materials or lack of repair or maintenance that is a hazard to the health, safety or welfare of its occupants or the public or, is in such a condition that if not abated, will become a blighting or deteriorating factor in the neighborhood which impairs or adversely affects the value of neighboring property; or,
(d) Unlawfully doing an act or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission does any one (1) or more of the following:
(1) Annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, comfort or repose of others; or
(2) Offends public decency; or,
(3) Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs or tends to obstruct, or renders dangerous for passage a lake or basin or any public park, square, alley, highway or street.
OWNER: shall mean any person having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the state, county, or municipality as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including but not limited to, the guardian of the estate, or any such person and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court.
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM: (some times termed "Storm Sewer System") shall mean any stream, creek, ditch, watercourse, drainage conduit, sewer, pond, lake, drainage easement, or topographical configuration which acts to channel the course of surface water flow; or any combination of the above; or all other natural outlets which empty into any of the above which carry storm and surface water drainage.
PERSON: Includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, assignee or another entity.
PLACE: Includes any building, erection, or place or any separate part or portion thereof or the ground itself.
(Ord. 044-10. Passed 6-21-10.)