For the purpose of this chapter, "junk", "trash" and "refuse" are defined to include any and all waste matter, whether reusable or not, which is offensive to the public health, safety or aesthetics of the neighborhood and further defined as any condition or use of any premises or building exteriors which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or which tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other properties in the neighborhood in which said premises are located. The terms include, but are not limited to, the keeping or depositing on or the scattering over the premises of any of the following:
A. Lumber, junk, trash or debris.
B. Worn out, wrecked and/or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors, machinery of any kind, any parts thereof, old iceboxes, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, freezers, cans or containers or any other abandoned, discarded or unused objects 1 . A motor vehicle shall be deemed to be abandoned if it does not have a current registration plate issued in accordance with the laws of the state of Illinois. (1990 Code §13.115)
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| 1 | 1. See also title 7, chapter 8 of this code. |