For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words have the meanings expressed in this section:
DIVISION: Salt Lake City's Division of Building Services, or the successor Salt Lake City division authorized to perform civil enforcement functions.
ERADICATION: The complete destruction of weeds by chemicals, removal by root, or any other method approved by the division.
INSPECTOR: An employee of Salt Lake City's Division of Building Services or of the successor Salt Lake City division authorized to perform civil enforcement functions, or any duly authorized agent, representative or designee.
PROPERTY: For purposes of this chapter, the term "property" includes the area of land located between the parcel's property line and the roadway.
PROPERTY OWNER: Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, hold legal title to the property at issue.
SOLID WASTE: Garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, hazardous waste, dead animals, sludge, liquid or semi-liquid waste, and other discarded materials, or materials stored or accumulated for the purpose of discarding or salvage, or materials that have served their original intended purpose, or waste material resulting from construction, industrial, manufacturing, mining, commercial, agricultural, residential, institutional, recreational or community activities.
VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD: Has the same meaning as set forth in the guidelines established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in its "Income Limits for Housing and Community Development, Section 8 Program for Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah SMSA".
WEEDS: Vegetation growing upon any real property within Salt Lake City which will attain such a growth as to become a fire hazard when dry, or which is otherwise noxious, a nuisance or dangerous, as determined by the division. Weeds include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, the following:
A. Dry grasses, stubble, brush, tumbleweeds and clippings which endanger the public health and safety by creating a fire hazard, insect or rodent harborage, or any other nuisance;
B. Poison ivy, when the public health and safety in residential or other developed and populated areas are affected;
C. Those plants named in the Utah Noxious Weed Act, title 4, chapter 17, Utah Code, and its subsequent regulations and successor sections. (Ord. 55-18, 2018)