The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
GARBAGE. All normal kitchen waste, such as vegetable and animal wastes and their by-products; but does not include sewage and human body wastes.
RUBBISH. Brush, grass, leaves and other normal yard refuse, paper, cans, bottles and empty food and drink containers.
THINGS. Include, but are not limited to, the following items: inoperative motor vehicles; inoperative household or commercial appliances; furniture; building materials; building rubbish; defective septic tanks; human or animal excrement; metal, plastic, or paper containers.
(1) ABANDONED. Property to which no person claims or exercises the rights of ownership.
(2) APPLIANCES. Means, but is not limited to, refrigerators, deep freezes, stoves, ovens, air conditioners, washers, dryers, trash compactors, dishwashers, televisions, radios, hot water heaters, and plumbing fixtures.
(3) BUILDING MATERIAL. Means, but is not limited to, items such as boards, bricks, cement, nails, pipe, sheet metal, siding, tar paper and windows which have never been incorporated into a structure or which have been removed from a structure and may be readily incorporated into another structure. This article applies only to building material which lies in public view and with respect to which its owner has no definite immediate plans for its use.
(4) BUILDING RUBBISH. Any post construction solid waste which, because of its quantity, quality or condition, cannot be readily and immediately put to a beneficial use.
(5) INOPERATIVE. An item which, by mechanical or physical defect, can no longer be used for its intended purpose and which is not serving a functional purpose. Inoperative, when applied to motor vehicles, refers to any motor vehicle which is inoperable, dismantled, damaged or is unable to start or move under its own power. A vehicle shall be presumed to be inoperative when any of the following conditions exist:
(a) One or more tires are flat.
(b) One or more wheels are missing.
(c) The hood or trunk is raised or missing and has appeared to remain so for more than three days.
(d) Weeds or grass have grown up around the vehicle.
(e) The engine is missing.
(f) The vehicle has no current vehicle tags or registration.
(g) The door or doors, fender or fenders are removed or missing.
(h) The front or rear windshield is broken, removed or missing, or the side windows are broken or removed or missing.
(6) MOTOR VEHICLE. A self-propelled device that is required under the laws of the State of Arkansas to be licensed in order to be operated upon the public roadways.
UNSANITARY. A place, condition or thing is unsanitary when it might become a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes and germs harmful to the health of the community.
UNSIGHTLY. A place, condition or thing is unsightly when it is in public view and offends the then-prevailing standard of the community as a whole, and not limited to a specific area, as to aesthetics or order.
WEEDS. Any vegetation, lush or decayed, regardless of its beauty or utility and regardless of the fact that it might serve as a sanctuary for animals beneficial to man, which, because of its natural condition or lack of maintenance by the owner or occupant of the property, threatens the health or safety of the community or creates an unsightly condition thereon.
(Ord. 2010-10-364, passed 10-5-10)