(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. All organic household waste, of all animal and vegetable matter prepared or intended for use as food, condemned foodstuffs and materials, and substance materials and things ordinarily disposed of in containers and incinerators by hotels, restaurants, stores, hospitals, apartment houses and private dwellings.
LOT, PARCEL OF LOT or PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE. Includes, in addition to those grounds within their respective boundaries, all of the grounds lying to the center of any roadway or alley whether that roadway is improved or unimproved.
OTHER WASTE SUBSTANCES. Any and all junk, rubbish or debris which is harmful to the general public health and welfare or may detract from the appearance of a geographic area or a neighborhood.
RANK VEGETATION. Any and all junk, rubbish or debris which is harmful to the general public health and welfare or may detract from the appearance of a geographic area or a neighborhood.
TRASH. All rubbish and refuse including, but not limited to, paper products, glass bottles and containers, broken glass, rubber products, metals, rags, weeds, tree toppings, grass, leaves, discarded furniture and appliances.
(B) Illegal dumping. No person, his or her agent, employee or any person under his or her control, firm, corporation or other legal entity shall cause, permit or place any rubbish, building rubbish, sawdust, shavings or trade or household waste, refuse, ashes, garbage, rubbish or debris of any sort, or any organic or non-organic material, or other offensive matter to be dumped, deposited or otherwise disposed of in or upon any street, road, lot, park, public place or other area whether publicly or privately owned.
(C) Littering prohibited. No person shall throw, discharge, deposit, place or leave, or cause to be thrown, discharged, dumped, deposited, placed or left on any of the roads, streets, parkways, thoroughfares, alleys, sidewalks, vacant lots, front yards or porches in or on the grounds of the public park, swimming pools, playgrounds, recreation areas, public buildings, streams, water or banks of such streams or rivers, any waste paper, ashes, glass, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste garbage, refuse or any other trash.
(D) Garbage, trash, rank vegetation or other waste substances. It shall be unlawful for owner, occupant or lessee of any lot or parcel of lot or parcel of real estate within the boundaries of the county and outside the corporate limits of any city or town to allow, suffer or permit any garbage, trash, rank vegetation or other waste substances to be deposited, grow on or remain on any said lot, parcel of lot or parcel of real estate.
(E) Existence of garbage, trash, rank vegetation or other waste substances. Whenever or wherever garbage, trash, rank vegetation or other waste substances shall exist, covering or partly covering the surface of any lot or parcel of lot or parcel of real estate within the boundaries of the county and outside the corporate limits of any town or city, the same shall be deemed a nuisance and violation of this subchapter.
(BC Ord. 2002-73, passed - -2002) Penalty, see § 90.99