For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NUISANCE. Unlawfully doing an act, omitting to perform a duty or any thing or condition which:
(1) Annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of others;
(2) Offends public decency;
(3) Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs, tends to obstruct or renders dangerous for use, any lake, drainageway, stream, stream basin, public park, street or other public property; or
(4) In any way renders other persons insecure in life or in the use of property.
OWNER. The owner(s) of record, as shown by the most current tax rolls of the County Treasurer.
TRASH. Any refuse, litter, ashes, leaves, debris, paper, combustible materials, rubbish, offal, waste or other matter of any kind or form which is uncared for, discarded or abandoned.
WEEDS.
(1) Poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac and all vegetation at any stage of maturity, which:
(a) Exceeds 12 inches in height, except healthy trees, shrubs or produce for human consumption grown in a tended and cultivated garden, unless such trees and shrubbery, by their density or location, constitute a detriment to the health, benefit, safety and/or welfare of the public or community, create a traffic or fire hazard, or otherwise interfere with the mowing of said weeds;
(b) Conceals or invites deposition or accumulation of refuse or trash, regardless of the height of the vegetation;
(c) Harbors rodents or vermin;
(d) Gives off unpleasant or noxious odors;
(e) Constitutes traffic or fire hazard; or
(f) Is dead or diseased.
(2) WEED shall not include tended crops on agriculturally zoned land on which crops are planted more than 150 feet from a parcel zoned for other than agricultural use.
(2002 Code, § 92.15)