For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING. A roofed structure, enclosed by one or more walls, for the shelter, housing, storage or enclosure of people, goods, materials, equipment, or animals.
COURT. An open and unoccupied space on a lot enclosed on at least three sides by the walls of a building.
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.
INFESTATION. The presence of insects, rodents, vermin, and/or other pests.
LOT. Plot, tracts, premises, or parcel of land, with or without improvements thereto.
OWNER. Any person or persons, jointly or severally, firm, corporation, or other entity which, either by conveyance or inheritance or otherwise, is vested with the title to a lot and/or improvements thereto or who retains the exclusive control of such a lot and/or improvements thereto in his or her capacity as a legal representative, such as an administrator, trustee, executor, and the like.
REFUSE. All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, dead animals, and market and industrial wastes.
UNOCCUPIED HAZARD. Any building or part thereof, or human-made structure, which remains unoccupied for a period of more than six months, with either doors, windows, or other openings broken, removed, boarded, or sealed up, or any building under construction upon which little or no construction work has been performed for a period of more than six months.
YARD. Any open space on the same lot with a building and, for the most part, unobstructed from the ground up.
(Ord. 1-2006, passed 1-2-2006)