As used in this chapter:
(a) “City” means Uhrichsville, Ohio.
(b) “Commercial handbill” means any printed or written matter, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature:
(1) Which advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing; or
(2) Which directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of directly promoting the interest thereof by sales; or
(3) Which directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit.
(c) “Litter” means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass, grass clippings, brush, leaves or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(d) “Noncommercial handbill” means printed or written matter, any sample or device, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not included in the aforementioned definition of a commercial handbill.
(e) “Park” means a park, reservation, playground, swimming pool, recreation center or any other public area in the City, owned or used by the City and devoted to active or passive recreation.
(f) “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
(h) “Private property” or “private place” means all property not included in the aforesaid definition of “public property”, including but not limited to vacant land or to any land, building or other structure designed or used for residential, commercial, business, industrial, institutional or religious purposes, together with any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, fence, porch, steps, vestibule, mailbox and other structure appurtenant thereto.
(i) “Refuse” means all putrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobile an solid market and industrial wastes.
(j) “Rubbish” means nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, dirt, cigarette butts, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, TV antennas, metals and similar materials.
(k) “Vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
(l) “Waste” means all trash, rubbish, garbage, offal and other refuse or discarded matter required to be removed from public and private places.
(Ord. 12-96. Passed 6-27-96.)