(A) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENT IN CHARGE OF PROPERTY. Any lessee, contract purchaser or person, other than the owner, having the possession or control of property.
CITY. The City of North Plains.
COUNCIL. The governing body of the city.
DOMESTICATED FOWL. Female chickens, kept for personal use.
LIVESTOCK. Includes cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, poultry (excluding domesticated fowl).
NOISE SENSITIVE UNIT. Any building or portion thereof adapted or used for the overnight accommodation of persons.
PERSON. Every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
PERSON IN CHARGE OF PROPERTY. An agent, occupant, lessee, contract purchaser or other person having possession or control of property or the supervision of any construction project.
PLAINLY AUDIBLE SOUND. Any amplification or reproduction of the human voice sufficiently loud to be understood by a person with normal hearing, or any musical sound sufficiently loud to permit the melody or rhythm to be recognized by a person with normal hearing, or any other sound sufficiently loud to materially affect the ability of a person with normal hearing to understand a verbal communication made in a normal conversational voice from a distance of ten feet or less.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any building, place or accommodation, whether publicly or privately owned, open and available to the general public. If privately owned, only during the hours when the PUBLIC PLACE is open to the general public.
(B) As used in this subchapter, the singular includes the plural and the masculine includes the feminine.
(Prior Code, § 4.10.010) (Ord. 99, passed 5-18-1981; Ord. 273, passed 6-5-2000; Ord. 278, passed 9-18-2000; Ord. 316, passed 4-19-2004; Ord. 340, passed 9-6-2005; Ord. 384, passed 11-2-2009)