As used in this chapter:
(a) "Public nuisance" means any fence, wall, garage, shed, house, building, structure, tree, pole, shrubbery, smokestack, excavation, basement, cellar, well, cistern or sidewalk subspace, or part thereof, which, by reason of the condition in which the same is permitted to be or remain, shall or may endanger the health, life, limb or property of, or cause any hurt, harm, inconvenience, discomfort, damage or injury to, any one or more persons in the City in any one or more of the following particulars:
(1) By reason of being detrimental 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 any premises; or
(4) By reasons of continued vacancy thereby resulting in lack of reasonable or adequate maintenance of structures and grounds and causing deterioration and blighting influence on nearby properties and thereby depreciating the enjoyment and use of the property in the immediate vicinity to such an extent that it is harmful to the community in which such structure is situated.
(b) "Owner" means an owner of record of the premises in fee or of a lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, an assignee of the rents, or a receiver, executor, administrator, trustee, lessee, or other person, firm or corporation in control of a building, or their duly authorized agents. Any such person thus representing the owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter to the same extent as if he were the owner.
(c) "Vermin" means any animal, excluding human beings, with the potential of serving as a reservoir of disease or capable of causing physical injury to man. This definition includes but is not limited to, bats, rats, mice, pigeons, cockroaches and poisonous snakes.
(d) "Reservoir" means any animal, excluding human beings, or arthropod in which an infectious agent can live or multiply and on which it depends primarily for survival, reproducing itself in such manner that it can be transmitted to man.
(Ord. 1992-59. Passed 6-22-92.)