For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADVERTISING. Any method, procedure, or substance used to announce, present, or display any fact, opinion, or other information by means of pictures, words, or designs, or otherwise, whether written, printed, painted, or in any other way expressed.
BUILDING OFFICIAL. The County Building Inspector, or its designee, or the individual(s) designated by the City Recorder to administer and enforce the building codes, and inspect buildings.
CESSPOOL. Septic tanks or other subsurface sewage disposal facilities that are in an unsanitary condition or which cause an offensive odor.
DEBRIS. Accumulations of rubbish, manure, and other refuse that are not removed within a reasonable time and that have the potential to affect the health of residents of the city or the cleanliness or visual attractiveness of the area.
DECAYED FOOD. Spoiled or unwholesome food not fit for human consumption.
DISCARDED VEHICLE.
(1) Any vehicle which is in one or more of the following conditions:
(a) Inoperative;
(b) Wrecked;
(c) Dismantled;
(d) Partially dismantled
(e) Abandoned;
(f) Junked; or
(g) Not displaying a current registration plate from a state Department or Division of Motor Vehicles.
(2) DISCARDED VEHICLES also includes major parts of vehicles, including, but not limited to, bodies, engines, body parts, transmissions, or rear ends.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The Code Enforcement Officer of the city, or the individual designated by the City Recorder to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
JUNK. Motor vehicle parts, machinery, machinery parts, appliances, or parts thereof, iron, or other metal, wires, glass, paper, lumber, wood, or other waste or discarded material, whether or not such items are used in connection with a business enterprise.
LOUD, DISTURBING NOISES. A noise that creates a plainly audible sound within any dwelling unit which does not contain the source of the sound.
ODOR. Premises that are in such a state or condition as to cause an offensive odor, or that are in an unsanitary condition.
PERSON IN CHARGE OF PROPERTY. An agent, occupant, lessee, contract purchaser, or other person having possession or control of property or the supervision of any construction project.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE. The persons responsible for abating a nuisance, including:
(1) The owner;
(2) The person in charge of property; or
(3) The person who caused a nuisance to come into or continue in existence.
PLAINLY AUDIBLE SOUND. Any sound that is clearly distinguishable from other sounds, such as, but not limited to, amplified speech sufficiently loud to be understood by a person with normal hearing, or when a person with normal hearing can readily discern whether an amplified or reproduced human voice is raised or normal, or any musical sound sufficiently loud to permit the melody or rhythm to be recognized by a person with normal hearing, or any other sound sufficiently loud to materially affect the ability of a person with normal hearing to understand a verbal communication made in a normal conversational tone from a distance of ten feet or less.
PRIVIES. An open vault or receptacle for human waste constructed and maintained within the city, except those constructed or maintained in connection with construction projects or outdoor, community gatherings of large groups of people, in accordance with the State Health Division regulations.
PUBLIC PLACE. A building, way, place, or accommodation, whether publicly or privately owned, open and available to the general public.
PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE. A street, alley, bicycle path, pedestrian way, or trail that is open to the public.
PUTRESCIBLE MATERIAL. Organic material that can decompose and may give rise to foul or offensive odors or foul or offensive by-products.
REFUSE/RUBBISH. Any material discarded or rejected as useless or worthless.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES. An establishment where animals are killed and processed for meat, where animal by-products are rendered, or where animal hides are tanned. For purposes of this chapter, an establishment where livestock are kept in a confined manner shall also be considered a SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
SOLID WASTE. All putrescible and nonputrescible wastes including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, refuse, ashes, wastepaper, and cardboard, sewage sludge, septic tank, and cesspool pumpings or other sludge; commercial, industrial, demolition, and construction wastes; motor vehicle parts; discarded home or industrial appliances; manure; vegetable or animal solid or semi-solid waste; dead animals or other wastes; but the term does not include:
(1) Hazardous wastes as defined by O.R.S. Chapter 459 or regulations adopted by the Department of Environmental Quality or the Environmental Quality Commission; or
(2) Materials used for fertilizer or for other purposes or which are salvageable, as such materials are used on land and in agricultural operations and the growing and harvesting of crops and the raising of fowl or animals.
SOUND PRODUCTION OR REPRODUCTION DEVICE. Any radio, stereo, loudspeaker, amplifier, television, tape player, or other similar machine or mechanical or electrical device intended for the production, reproduction, or amplification of sound.
STAGNANT WATER. Water that affords a breeding place for mosquitoes and other insect pests.
SURFACE DRAINAGE. Drainage of liquid wastes from private premises.
VEHICLE. Any device in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Ord. 709, passed 3-9-2009)