For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. A structure subordinate to a principal dwelling not authorized to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
APARTMENT BUILDING. A multiple dwelling structure designed to accommodate three or more apartments.
COMPOSTING. Accumulation of yard waste to be decomposed.
DUMPSTER. A non-flexible container which has a holding capacity exceeding five cubic yards and used for temporary storage of special pick-up refuse. A DUMPSTER is a metal, composite, or other hard-side container for refuse disposal which exceeds five cubic yards capacity.
DUMPSTER, COMPACT. A container which has a holding capacity not exceeding five cubic yards and used for temporary storage of special pick-up refuse. A COMPACT DUMPSTER is a metal, composite, or other hard-side container for refuse disposal which does not exceed five cubic yards capacity.
DUMPSTER, FLEXIBLE. A flexible container which has a holding capacity not exceeding five cubic yards and used for temporary storage of special pick-up refuse. A FLEXIBLE DUMPSTER is commonly referred to, or known as, a DUMPSTER BAG, SOFT-SIDE DUMPSTER, or WASTE REMOVAL BAG and used in lieu of a metal front, or rear-load, or roll-off dumpster.
DWELLING. Building, or portion thereof, designed or used predominantly for residential occupancy of a continued nature, including one-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, apartment buildings, and rooming units, but excluding hotels and motels.
DWELLING, DWELLING UNIT, PREMISES, or STRUCTURE. Deemed to be followed by the words “or any part thereof.”
DWELLING UNIT. A single residential accommodation intended for use as a domicile for one family. Where a private garage is structurally attached, it will be considered as part of the building in which the DWELLING UNIT is located.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. The City Manager and designated agents authorized to administer and enforce this chapter.
FAMILY or HOUSEHOLD. One person, or two or more persons each related to the others by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster care, or a group of not more than the owner of a residence plus three persons not so related occupying the residence and maintaining a common household and using common cooking and kitchen facilities.
FIREPLACE. An architectural structure, within a wall or free-standing, designed to contain a fire.
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food.
HABITABLE BUILDING. Any building or part thereof that meets minimum standards for a dwelling.
HABITABLE ROOM. Room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, toilet rooms, laundries, furnace rooms, unfinished basements (those without required ventilation, required electric outlets, and required exits), pantries, utility rooms of less than 50 square feet of floor space, foyers, communicating corridors, stairways, closets, storage spaces, workshops, and hobby and recreation areas in parts of the structure below ground level or in attics.
HEATED WATER. Water heated to a temperature of not less than 120°F, or the lesser temperature required by government authority, measured at faucet outlet.
KITCHEN. A space which contains a sink with counter working space, adequate space for installing cooking and refrigeration equipment, and adequate space for the storage of cooking utensils.
NATIVE VEGETATION. Those non-turf grass indigenous trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, and other plants that have naturally adapted themselves to the climate and soils of the area but require cultivation and maintenance to remain viable.
NATIVE HABITAT. Specially uncultivated valued and sensitive habitat whereupon native vegetation exists in a pristine state and provides habitat for a variety of species native to the area. Such vegetation shall maintain itself in a stable condition with minimal human intervention.
NOXIOUS WEEDS. An annual, biennial, or perennial plant designated by the State Commissioner of Agriculture or the Council as injurious to public health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock, or other property.
OCCUPANT. Any person (including owner or operator) living, sleeping, cooking, and eating in a dwelling unit or living and sleeping in a rooming unit.
OPERATOR. The owner or agent who has charge, care, control, or management of a building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
OWNER. Any person who owns a dwelling. Any person representing an owner must comply with the provisions of this subchapter to the same extent as the owner.
PERMISSIBLE OCCUPANCY. The maximum number of persons permitted to reside in a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
PERSON. An individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or joint venture, or organization of any kind.
PREMISES. A parcel of land which includes a dwelling.
POLLINATOR GARDEN. A specific area on the property planted and designed, with specific nectar and pollen producing plants, in a way that attracts pollinating insects known as pollinators. In order for a garden to be considered a POLLINATOR GARDEN, it should provide (but not limited to) the following: various nectar producing flowers, shelter, or shelter providing plants for pollinators, avoid the use of pesticides, and place similar flowers close to one another.
RANK VEGETATION. Uncultivated vegetation growing at a rapid rate due to unplanned, unintentional, or accidental circumstances.
RECYCLABLES. Materials which may be recycled or reused through recycling processes, including metal beverage containers, glass, newsprint, plastic bottles with necks, corrugated cardboard, magazines, catalogs, phone books, and any other materials designated as RECYCLABLES by City Council resolution.
REFUSE. All putrescible and non-putrescible waste solids, including garbage and rubbish.
RENTAL UNIT. A dwelling or dwelling unit let for rent or lease.
REPAIR. To restore to a sound and acceptable state of operation, serviceability, or appearance.
RODENT HARBORAGE. Any place where rodents can live, nest, or seek shelter.
ROOMING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used, or intended to be used, for living and sleeping, but not for cooking and eating purposes.
RUBBISH. The miscellaneous waste materials resulting from housekeeping, mercantile enterprises, trades, manufacturing, offices including garbage, refuse, and trash.
SAFETY. The condition of being reasonably free from danger and hazards which may cause accidents or disease.
SUPPLIED. Paid, furnished, or provided by, or under the control of, an owner or operator.
TOILET. A toilet, with a bowl and trap made in one piece, which is connected to the city water and sewer systems or other approved water supply.
TRASH. Non-recyclable material that is designated for landfill or incinerator disposal by the hauler. The term does not include hazardous waste as defined in M.S. § 116.06, Subd. 11, as it may be amended from time to time, or construction debris as defined in M.S. § 115A. 03, Subd. 7, as it may be amended from time to time.
TURF GRASS. Cultivated vegetation consisting of a highly maintained surface of dense grass underlain by a thick root system.
VEGETABLE GARDEN. A specific area on the property for the growth and harvest of any herbaceous plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food.
WEEDS. Unsuitable, unwanted, or uncultivated vegetation, often causing injury or competition to the desired vegetation type.
YARD WASTE. Grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, tree branches less than four inches in diameter, and clippings from bushes and shrubs that come from residential, commercial/retail, institutional, or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public lands. YARD WASTE does not include construction, renovation, and demolition wastes, or clean wood.
(Prior Code, § 150.088) (Ord. 08-003, passed 4-22-2008)