Words used in this Code shall have the same meaning as those defined by the Zoning Ordinance unless otherwise by this Code.
ABANDONED BUILDING: | Means any building or portion of a building under construction which has stood with an incomplete exterior shell for more than one (1) year, or any completed building or portion thereof which has stood unoccupied for longer than six (6) months, and which is unsecured or has Building Code violations. |
COUNCIL: | Means the City Council of Steamboat Rock, Iowa. |
DETERIORATION: | Means a state of conditions caused by a lack of maintenance or excessive use, characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, peeling paint, rusting, or other evidence of physical decay or neglect. |
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: | Means the Code Enforcement Officer. |
EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW: | Refers to any premises or any part thereof which may be lawfully viewed by the public or from adjoining premises. |
EXTERIOR: | Means yards and other open outdoor spaces on premises, and the external surfaces of any structure. |
EXTERMINATION: | Means the control and elimination of insects, rodents and vermin. |
FARM: | Means a tract of land having an area of two or more acres devoted by raising of crops or domestic livestock. |
INFESTATION: | Means the presence of insects, rodents, vermin, or other pests on the premises to the extent that they constitute a health hazard, are deemed by an Enforcement Officer to be in threat of spreading to adjoining premises or are exposed to public view. |
JUNK: | Means old or scrap copper, brass, lead, or any other non-ferrous metal; old or discarded rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or used lumber, or salvaged wood; dismantled vehicles, machinery and appliances or parts of such vehicles, machinery or appliances; iron, steel or other old or scrap ferrous materials; old or discarded glass, tin ware, plastic or old or discarded household goods or hardware. Neatly stacked firewood located on a side yard or a rear yard is not considered junk. |
NUISANCE: | Means physical conditions that are dangerous or detrimental to the health and safety of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist, or anything that is injurious to the senses or interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. |
OWNER: | Means any person who alone, jointly or severally with others, holds legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof. |
PREMISES: | Means a lot, plot, or parcel of land together with the structures thereon. |
PUBLIC AUTHORITY: | Means any officer of any department or branch of the City, County, or State charged with regulating health, fire, zoning or building regulations, or other activities concerning property in the City. |
REFUSE: | Means any material that is not being used for the original purpose for which it was created or manufactured, or for its redesigned use, whether putrescible or non-putrescible, combustible or non-combustible, which is not securely stored in a building or legal outdoor storage yard for prompt disposal or resale, including but not limited to junk, paper or cardboard, plastic, metals, glass, yard clippings, leaves, woody vegetative trimmings, and other plant wastes which have not been properly composted; vegetable or animal waste resulting from the handling, processing, storage, preparation, serving or consumption of food, crockery, bedding, furniture, or appliances; offal, rubbish, ashes or incinerator residue, construction debris, accumulation of animal feces, dead animals, or wastes from commercial or industrial processes. |
RESPONSIBLE PARTY: | Means any person having possession, charge, care, or control of real or personal property, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner, including without limitation any one (1) or more of the following: owner, agent, property manager, contract purchaser, mortgagee or vendee in possession, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee or tenant, or any other person, firm or corporation exercising apparent control over a property. |
VEHICLE: | Means any device designed to transport a person or property by land, air, or water, such as automobiles, trucks, travel trailers, mobile homes, trailers, motorcycles, tractors, buggies, wagons, boats, airplanes, or any combination thereof, except bicycles. |
VEHICLE, INOPERABLE: | Means any vehicle that is not licensed for the current year as required by law or which exhibits any of the following characteristics: broken, damaged, or missing windshield or other glass customary to the vehicle; a missing fender, door, bumper, hood, wheel, steering wheel, or exhaust system; lacking an engine or other means of power suitable to the design, one (1) or more wheels, or other structural parts which renders the vehicle incapable of both forward and reverse movement in the manner for which it was designed; has become a habitant for rats, mice, snakes, or other vermin or insects, or constitutes a threat to the public health and safety because of its defective or obsolete condition. (Ord. 20-3, 713-2020) |