For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) Trash and Waste.
(1) "Garbage and offal" means all refuse and waste of animals, fish, fowl, fruit and vegetable matter, and any other material or materials so designated by the Department of Health of the County or the State, liquefied or otherwise, which accumulated in the use and preparation of food for the table, that has been discarded and abandoned and is no longer of value to the owner for ordinary purposes of domestic consumption and also includes all refuse arising from the dealing in or storing of aforesaid substances.
(2) "Refuse" embraces only such matter as was either in fact noxious or has been refused or has been abandoned by its owner as worthless.
(3) "Rubbish" includes wire, chips, shavings, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin, cast or wooden ware, boxes, rags, dead weeds, paper circulars, handbills, boots, shoes, ashes, or any waste material other than garbage or offal.
(b) Vehicles.
(1) "Vehicle" means anything on wheels.
(2) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, including trailers, manufactured homes, semi-trailers, recreational vehicles (including travel trailers, motor homes, and truck campers) propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power.
(3) "Vehicle parts" means any portion or part of any vehicle detached from the vehicle as a whole.
(4) "Motor vehicle in an inoperative condition" means any motor vehicle which is unable to lawfully move under its own power or, if a vehicle designed to be drawn, unable to be safely drawn, and which has remained in such condition for a period in excess of ten consecutive days.
(5) "Unregistered motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that remains unregistered (without valid license plates) for a period in excess of ten consecutive days.
(c) Materials.
(1) "Scrap metal" means pieces of or parts of steel, iron, tin, zinc, copper, aluminum or any alloy thereof whether covered with porcelain or other materials, whether intact or in parts which has served its usefulness in its original form and can no longer be used or useful for its originally intended purpose.
(2) "Used building materials" includes any materials such as wood, stone, brick, cement blocks, or any composition or combination thereof used or useful in the erection of any building or structure which have been used previously for such erection or construction by the same person or other person.
(d) Dangerous or Unsightly Premises. Any fence, wall, shed, house, building, structure, or any part of the aforesaid; or any tree, pole, smokestack; or any excavation, basement, cellar, sidewalk subspace, dock, wharf, or landing dock, which in its entirety, or in any part thereof, by reason of the condition in which the same is permitted to be or remain, does or may endanger the health, life, limb, or property, or cause any hurt, harm, inconvenience, discomfort, damage, or injury to any one or more persons in the Municipality, in any one or more of the following particulars:
(1) By reason of being a danger to the general health of the community;
(2) By reason of being a fire hazard;
(3) By reason of being unsafe for occupancy, or use on, in, upon, about, or around the aforesaid premises; or
(4) By reason of being unsightly because of long continued vacancy or lack of reasonable or adequate maintenance thereby depreciating the enjoyment, use or value of property in the immediate vicinity. Without limiting the provisions of this subparagraph, the following shall be deemed to be unsightly conditions:
A. Windows or other glass that is broken or cracked;
B. Windows that are boarded-up in a manner that do not blend with the structure;
C. Roofs that contain visible holes, or roofs that have visible repairs that utilize materials that substantially vary from the pre-existing and surrounding roofing material on the structure;
D. Foundations or porches that are subject to significant settling, sinking or otherwise in a state of disrepair;
E. Any building material that is missing or has become dislodged or disconnected from a structure to such an extent that it is significantly visible from adjoining properties;
(5) By reason of being unsightly because of unreasonable delays in remodeling or construction projects. For the purpose of determining what constitutes an unreasonable delay the following shall be presumed to be unreasonable:
A. For any single or multi-family residential remodeling or construction project, one year from the date the first permit is issued for the subject project or when work begins, whichever occurs first;
B. For non-residential remodeling or construction projects where the estimated cost of construction is less than $1,000,000, one and a half years from the date the first permit is issued for the subject project or when work begins, whichever occurs first;
C. For non-residential remodeling or construction projects where the estimated cost of construction is equal to or greater than $1,000,000, two years from the date the first permit is issued for the subject project or when work begins, whichever occurs first.
(Ord. 03-2013. Passed 4-8-13.)