As used in this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Litter" means and includes any man-made or man-used waste which, if deposited within this City otherwise than in a litter receptacle, tends to create a danger to public health, safety, and welfare or to impair the environment of the people of the City. Litter may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, confetti, debris, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or construction materials, motor vehicle parts, furniture, oil, carcass of a dead animal, or nauseous or offensive matter of any kind, or any object likely to injure any person or create a traffic hazard.
(b) "Litter receptacles" means and includes any container which is designed to receive litter and to prevent the escape of litter deposited therein, which is of such size or sufficient capacity to hold all litter generated between collection periods and which is covered or otherwise containered so as to protect the litter from being carried by the elements to adjoining premises.
(c) "Parking lots" means and includes any private or public property with provisions for parking vehicles, to which the public is invited or which the public is permitted to use or which is visible from any public place or private premises.
(d) "Loading areas" means those parts of a property outside of a building used for the loading or unloading of vehicles, or the storage of stock in trade and shall include loading docks.
(e) "Undeveloped property" means those parcels of land less than five acres which are not improved with residential, commercial or industrial buildings or, if improved, are not actively being used for such purposes.
(Ord. 89-23. Passed 6-1-89.)