§ 92.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE. A condition that may reasonably be expected to attract children and that is dangerous to children because of their inability to appreciate the hazard.
   EXCAVATION. Any well, shaft, basement, pit, tunnel, trench, hole or other like or similar removal of earth material.
   EXCESSIVE CLUTTER. Any material (not including litter) such as toys, tools, papers of every description, auto parts, furniture, appliances, discarded sand, broken tree limbs, discarded gravel, ashes, tin cans, aluminum cans, empty glass containers, old firewood not neatly stacked, lumber, upholstered indoor furniture, boxes, mattresses, building materials, yard maintenance items, items for sale, object of value, usable items left in the yard or porches for days at a time, discarded materials of every kind, all of which is left in front, back or side yards, or porches, more than one week as debris, which are scattered and/or disorderly which impedes movement.
   IMMINENT HAZARD. A condition that places a person’s life, health or property in immediate, impending peril or could cause serious or life-threatening injury or death at any time.
   LITTER. Any rubbish, trash, weeds, filth and debris which shall constitute a hazard to public health and safety and shall include all putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes including garbage, trash, ashes, street cleaning, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste. LITTER may include deposits, accumulations, piles or heaps of brush, grass, debris, weeds, cans, cloth, paper, wood, rubbish, animal waste or other similar matter that present a hazard to the health or safety of any person or public; and any growth of weeds, brush, grass or other vegetable growth to a height of over 12 inches, except for properly cultivated plant materials used for food.
   PRIVATE PREMISES. Any dwelling, house, building or other structure, designed or used either wholly or in part for residential, commercial or industrial purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps or vestibules belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structures.
   PUBLIC NUISANCE. A condition of litter, excessive clutter, attractive nuisance or other condition that is or may be injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare, which interfere with the comfortable and reasonable use and enjoyment of property by any persons, or which unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use of any public property are hereby declared to be public nuisances.
   PUBLIC PLACE. Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
   RESPONSIBLE PARTY. An occupant, lessor, lessee, manager, licensee or person having control over a structure or parcel of land; and, in any case where the demolition of a structure is proposed as a means of abatement, any lienholder whose lien is recorded in the official records of the County Recorder’s office.
(Ord. 20-05, passed 1-28-2020)