Whenever in this Chapter the following terms are used, they shall mean as follows:
COMMISSIONER. The San Bernardino County Agricultural Commissioner and regularly appointed employees of the San Bernardino County Department of Agriculture acting pursuant to his or her instructions.
NEGLECTED or ABANDONED. An orchard or part of an orchard, the trees of which being in such a condition that the limbs are moribund and the leaves or branches of which are dead, and that the individual in charge of same is not taking such ordinary care of the orchard as may be required for a harvested orchard and is not watering or discing or spraying such trees, all for a period of at least six months, which period of time need not be continuous.
ORCHARD. Any of ten or more trees that are of the type that bear stone fruits, citrus fruits or pome fruits, situated together as in a grove.
REMOVAL. Cutting the trees and gathering the trunks, limbs, and debris in such a manner that the land thereof will contain no limbs or debris, or only such material neatly stacked such as firewood, all only in accordance with the applicable fire code, and in an area of the land set apart for only firewood.
(Ord. 1472, passed - -1968; Am. Ord. 1607, passed - -1970)