For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public way generally 20 feet in width used for public utility purposes and as an alternate, secondary or emergency route for vehicle and pedestrian traffic generally situated at the rear of a property lot.
BRUSH. Any vegetation other than tall grass, tall weeds, trees or ornamental shrubbery.
BULKY WASTE. Household items such as stoves, refrigerators, water heaters, washing machines, bedding, furniture, but does not include rubbish, construction debris or hazardous waste.
CITY. The City of Port Isabel, Texas.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. Waste building materials resulting from roofing, construction, remodeling, repair or demolition, including waste materials generated by a commercial contractor, and not including bulky waste, rubbish or hazardous waste.
CURB. The concrete or stone edging of a street or road.
GARBAGE. Waste and trash generated by human habitation and businesses, but does not include rubbish, bulky waste, construction debris or hazardous waste.
GUTTER. The concrete trough, between the pavement of the street or road and the curb, intended to channel the flow of water.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Waste which is defined or characterized by a governmental agency as hazardous or requiring special disposition such as tires, petroleum products and containers, automobile batteries and similar items.
LITTER. Waste materials as defined by Tex. Health and Safety Code § 365.011.
OCCUPANT. The resident, tenant, lessee, manager, supervisor or person in charge of the premises and the person in whose name the utilities are billed. If the occupant of the premises and the person to whom utilities are billed are not the same persons, then each shall be and are hereby deemed to be the OCCUPANT for purposes of this chapter. In the event the occupant is a business entity, each officer, director, member, manager and partner of the entity shall be and are hereby deemed to be the OCCUPANT for purposes of this chapter and each shall be jointly and severally liable and criminally responsible for the provisions of this chapter.
OWNER. The fee title holder of the premises and the person in whose name ad valorem taxes are billed. If the person to whom the ad valorem taxes are billed is not the same person as the fee title holder, then each shall be and are hereby deemed to be the OWNER for purposes of this chapter. In the event the owner is a business entity, each officer, director, member, manager and partner shall be and are hereby deemed to be the OWNER for purposes of this chapter and each shall be jointly and severally liable and criminally responsible for the provisions of this chapter.
PERSON. Whether an owner or occupant as defined herein, means and includes any individual, partnership, corporation, company, venture, association, trust, estate, foundation, institution, organization, group, governmental agency and any other entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties whether operated for profit or not for profit.
PREMISES. A lot, tract or parcel of land located within the city limits of the city or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction used for residential, commercial or any other purpose and includes that portion of the right-of-way of the street or road adjacent thereto up to and including the curb and gutter of the street or road.
RUBBISH. Clean waste wood, wood products, yard waste, tree limbs and trimmings, grass cuttings, shrubs, plants, weeds, leaves, printed material, paper, pasteboard, rags, discarded clothing and similar household waste, but not including bulky waste, construction debris or hazardous waste.
TALL GRASS. Grass which exceeds 12 inches in height.
TALL WEEDS. Vegetation other than trees or ornamental shrubbery which exceed 18 inches in height.
(Ord. 632, passed 11-25-2003)