For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTOMOBILE PARTS. Any portion or parts of any motor driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
DWELLING. Any part of any building or its premises used as a place of residence or habitation or for sleeping by any person.
GARBAGE. All putrescible wastes, except sewage and body waste; including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, and shall include all substances from all public and private establishments and from all residences.
GOODS. Any goods, warehouse merchandise or other property capable of being the object of the sale regulated hereunder.
INOPERATIVE CONDITION. Unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts and which has remained in such condition for a period of not less than 30 consecutive days.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any style or type of motor driven vehicle used for the conveyance of persons or property.
NUISANCE. Public nuisance.
PERSON. Includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations and corporations.
REFUSE. Includes all non-putrescible waste.
SCRAP METAL. Pieces or parts of steel, iron, tin, zinc, copper, aluminum or any alloy thereof, whether covered with porcelain or any other material, whether intact or in parts, which has served its usefulness in its original form and can no longer be used for its originally intended purpose.
UNFIT FOR FURTHER USE. In a dangerous condition; having defective or missing parts; or in such a condition generally as to be unfit for its originally intended purpose.
UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. Dangerous or detrimental to life or health because of: want of repair; defects in the drainage; plumbing, lighting, ventilation or construction; infection with
contagious disease; or the existence on the premises of an unsanitary condition likely to cause sickness among occupants of the dwelling.
YARD SALES. Includes all sales entitled “garage sales”, “lawn sale”, “attic sale”, “rummage sale” or “yard sale”, or any similar casual sale of tangible personal property which is advertised by any means where the public at large is or can be made aware of the sale.
(Ord. 005-667, passed 7-25-2005; Ord. 019-288, passed 5-21-2019)