For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED OR JUNK VEHICLE. A vehicle or any major portion thereof which is incapable of movement under its own power and will remain so without major repair or reconstruction.
AIRCRAFT.
Any contrivance used or designed for navigation or for flight in the air.
ANIMAL. Any and all types of animals, both domestic and wild, male and female, singular and plural.
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE. A litter storage and collection receptacle as required and authorized in this subchapter.
FOWL. Any and all fowl, domesticated and wild, male and female, singular and plural.
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes, resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER. Garbage, refuse and rubbish and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited in a manner prohibited by this subchapter, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare, and includes, but not by way of limitation, paper and metal, such as containers or cans.
MAJOR REPAIR. The removal from any vehicle of a major portion thereof, including, but not limited to, the differential, transmission, head, engine block or oil pan.
PARK.
A park, playground, recreation center or any other public area owned by the town and devoted to public recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES. Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and includes but is not limited to any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mail box belonging or appurtenant to a dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE. All putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned, wrecked or junked vehicles or parts thereof, and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH. Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and non- combustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, metal cans, yard clippings, leaves, metal, wood, glass bedding, crockery and similar materials.
STREET or ROAD. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel, and includes the whole right-of-way of the public entity maintaining the way, whether the right- of-way is paved or not.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, except for a device propelled solely by human power.
(`82 Code, § 9-2-1) (Res. 2796, passed 9-18-14; Am. Ord. 856, passed 9-18-14)