For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section; provided that, unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have in common usage, and so as to give this ordinance its most reasonable application.
BRUSH. All uncultivated shrubs, bushes and small trees.
EARTH AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. Earth, rocks, bricks, concrete, other similar materials and waste materials resulting from construction or remodeling. This definition shall include used and waste lumber as well as unused lumber (new or used) being stored on property for which there exists no current or valid building permit pertaining to said property.
FENCES. Existing fences are subject to inspection and may be tagged as safety hazards or public nuisances if not adequately maintained. Should such notification occur, the owner of the property has 90 days to rectify. Property owners or residents may seek a one-time 90-day extension from the Chief of Police or designee.
GARBAGE. Rubbish, trash, kitchen and household waste, ashes, bottles, cans, rags, paper, food, food containers, lawn trimmings, tree trimmings, hedge trimmings, leaves, grass, weeds and refuse, and all decayable wastes, including animal and vegetable matter.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Shall mean solid or liquid waste, in any amount, which is defined, characterized, identified or designated as hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate State Agency by or pursuant to Federal or state law, or waste, in any amount, which is regulated under Federal or state law, including motor oil and radiator, engine crank case, transmission or differential fluid, gasoline, paint, paint cans, toxic or corrosive materials or any material found harmful to personnel or equipment as determined by the Director of Public Works.
JUNK. All worn out, worthless and discarded material, in general, including, but not limited to, scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead or scrap zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys, and bones, rags, glass, paper, cordage, cloth, rubber, rope, tinfoil, bottles, old cotton, machinery, tools, construction materials, appliances, furniture, fixtures, utensils, boxes or crates, pipe or pipe fittings, automobile or airplane tires, dismantled motor vehicles, boats, boat trailers, boathouses or travel trailers or parts thereof, or other manufactured goods or odds and ends that are worn out, worthless, deteriorated, obsolete, discarded material or other wastes, especially those that are unusable in their existing condition. This definition shall include the above objects and materials that are obscured or covered by a tarp or other similar covering.
LITTER. Any quantity of uncontainerized paper, metal, plastic, glass, or miscellaneous solid waste which may be classed as trash, debris, rubbish, refuse, garbage, or junk not placed in a solid waste container.
LOT. Means any tract, block or other parcel of land, or portion thereof, located within the city limits of the City of Trinidad.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle, car, boat or similar vehicle that is, or was originally, designed to be self-propelled.
PERSON. Shall mean and include an individual human, partnership, co-partnership firm, company, limited liability partnership or other partnership or other such company, joint venture, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, association or corporation or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
REFUSE. See GARBAGE.
RUBBISH. All refuse, junk, rejected tin cans, old vessels of all sorts, useless articles, abandoned pipe, waste wood, wood products, tree trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants, weeds, leaves, dead trees or branches thereof, chips, shavings, sawdust, printed matter, paper, pasteboard, rags, straw, used and discarded clothing, used and discarded shoes and boots, combustible waste, pulp and other products used for packaging or wrapping crockery and glass, ashes, cinders, floor sweepings, glass, mineral or metallic substances, textiles and objects of all sorts, and in general all litter. This definition shall include the above objects and materials that are obscured or covered by a tarp or other similar covering. The words “any and all objectionable or unsanitary matters,” not included within the meaning of the other terms as herein used, means those which are liable to produce or tend to produce an unhealthy, unwholesome or unsanitary condition to the general locality where the same are situated.
SEWAGE or WASTEWATER. A combination of waterborne wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and commercial and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SOLID WASTE. Household garbage and refuse and commercial garbage and refuse, brush cuttings and weeds.
SOLID WASTE SERVICE. The collection and hauling of residential and business solid waste, e.g. garbage, trash and refuse, for disposal at a state licensed landfill; and the actions and services directly related thereto or necessary for the provision of such services to consumers or customers in the city.
STRUCTURE. As used in this chapter, means the same thing as it does in Ordinance 71 (Building Code).
TRASH. See GARBAGE.
UNWHOLESOME MATTER. All stagnant water, filth, carrion, impure matters and any condition liable to produce, harbor or spread disease or germs or cause noxious, foul and offensive odors, including foodstuff or by-product thereof of any animal nature, or any fruit, vegetable or other thing which may become tainted, diseased, fermented or decaying or otherwise unwholesome or unclean.
WASTE. Rejected, unutilized or superfluous substances in liquid, gaseous or solid form resulting from domestic, agricultural, commercial, or industrial activities.
WEEDS. All rank and uncultivated vegetable growth or matter which is liable to become an unwholesome or decaying mass or breeding place for flies, mosquitoes, snakes, rats or other vermin.
(Ord. 2008-005, passed 8-19-2008; Am. Ord. 2009-013, passed 10-20-2009; Am. Ord. 2018-002, passed 3-20-2018)