For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. All waste, animal or vegetable, such as, but not limited to, waste material and refuse from kitchens, residences, grocery stores, butcher shops, restaurants, cafés, hotels, rooming houses and boardinghouses, and all other deleterious substances.
JUNK. Any discarded material or article and shall include, but is not limited to, scrap metal, scrapped, abandoned or junked motor vehicles, machinery, equipment, paper, glass containers and structures. It shall not include, however, refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.
JUNKED OR ABANDONED VEHICLE. Includes, but shall not be limited to, one or more of the following:
(1) A vehicle for which a certificate of junk has been issued by the State Secretary of Revenue or the official designated by any other state to issue such certificate; or
(2) A vehicle in or on which it is found that any of the following exists:
(a) It is inoperative;
(b) Its engine, engine parts, drive train parts or drive train has been removed for more than 30 days;
(c) Its tires have been deflated or removed or its wheels have been removed for more than 30 days; or
(d) It bears no official inspection sticker or any such sticker is not current by more than 60 days.
LICENSE. The permit granted to a person who accumulates, stores or disposes of junk as herein before defined.
NUISANCE.
(1) For the purpose of this subchapter, means any condition or use of premises or of building exteriors which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other property in the neighborhood in which such premises are located, or shall cause or result in annoyance or disturbance to persons beyond the boundaries of such property; interference to the health and/or safety of the persons beyond the boundaries of such property; and/or disturbance to or interference with the peaceful use of the property of others in the borough, in any case taking into consideration the location of the use or condition, and the nature and condition of the surrounding neighborhood.
(2) This includes, but is not limited to, the keeping or the depositing on, or the scattering over the premises of any of the following: lumber, junk, trash or debris; abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment such as automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or containers.
REFUSE. Waste, rubbish, garbage, trash or any material of any kind that has been discarded, rejected, cast aside or thrown away as worthless, except body wastes.
TRASH. Rubbish such as feathers, coffee grounds, ashes, tin cans, paper, boxes, glass, wood, shrubs, yard clippings, leaves, tree trimmings and similar matter.
(Ord. 7-1979, passed 8-6-1979)