As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be construed to have the following meanings:
ANIMAL: Every living creature not a member of the human race.
ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE: Any property, structure, premises, instrument, equipment or vehicle that is in such an unsafe and unprotected state as to constitute an attraction to children or vagrants, criminals or other unauthorized persons to their risk of injury or unlawful conduct.
BLIGHT: Conditions that substantially impair the livability of or community appearance of, or the safe, social or economic conditions of, the surrounding neighborhood or County community as stated in Nevada Revised Statutes 279.388, as amended. Such conditions include, without limitation, the accumulation of debris-refuse-rubbish; broken, rotting, crumbling, cracking or rusting fencing; broken windows; landscaping that is dead or dying, or exhibits uncontrolled growth; and any other similar conditions of disrepair and deterioration.
CRIMINAL GANG: As defined at Nevada Revised Statutes 193.168, as amended and includes any combination of persons, organized formally or informally, so constructed that the organization will continue its operation even if individual members enter or leave the organization, which:
A. Has a common name or identifying symbol;
B. Has particular conduct, status and customs indicative of it; and
C. Has as one (1) of its common activities engaging in criminal activity punishable as a felony, other than the conduct which constitutes the primary offense.
DANGEROUS CONDITION OR STRUCTURE: A condition or structure that may injure or endanger the health, life, property or safety of the general public or the occupants of the property on which the condition or structure is located. This phrase includes, without limitation, a condition or structure that violates any rule, regulation, ordinance or code regulating health and safety enacted, adopted or passed by the Board of County Commissioners, including without limitation any rule, regulation, ordinance, or code adopted pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 244.3675, as amended concerning minimum levels of health or safety, the violation of which is designated as a nuisance in the rule, regulation, ordinance, or code.
DEBRIS-REFUSE-RUBBISH: Material that is discarded, worn out or cast off without regard to value; and is of a non-decaying nature, or is capable of decomposition to a putrid state, or is of solid or semi-solid wastes. Examples are: animal carcasses; accumulation of excrement; leaves; trimmings from brush, lawns, trees, gardens or shrubbery; weeds; dead trees and branches; piles of earth mixed with any of the matter set forth in this definition; manure; paper; trash; cardboard; metal; wood; glass; crockery; bedding; scrap; appliances; furniture; equipment; parts; junk vehicles; construction waste.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL: The Board of County Commissioners, the Sheriff, County, City, or Volunteer Fire Chief(s), and County Health Officer or their authorized designees, as well as the County Building Official, inspectors or other Code Enforcement Officials in the County Departments of Building and Planning, Parks and Maintenance, and Public Works, as well as Animal Control Officers and any other White Pine County employee possessing citation powers pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 171.17751, as amended.
GARBAGE: Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, storage, preparation, cooking, and sale and serving of food and beverage. Examples are: offal; swill; kitchen and table waste; organic animal and vegetable waste; bottles, cans, cups, plates, utensils, or containers that have been in intimate contact with food, confection, or beverage; and, any component used in the preparation or manufacture of matter intended for animal or human consumption.
GRAFFITI: Any markings, as initials, word, figure, design, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, etched, scratched, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a public or private building, private property, public restroom, public infrastructure, signage, or the like, which defaces such property.
HAZARDOUS WASTE: As defined at Nevada Revised Statutes 459.430, as amended, means any waste or combination of wastes, including, without limitation, solids, semisolids, liquids or contained gases, except household waste, which:
A. Because of its quantity or concentration or its physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:
1. Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or serious irreversible or incapacitating illness; or
2. Pose a substantial hazard or potential hazard to human health, public safety or the environment when it is given improper treatment, storage, transportation, disposal or other management.
B. Is identified as hazardous by the White Pine County Board of Health, or as otherwise designated as hazardous material by the White Pine County Fire Chief, City Fire Chief, or a Volunteer Fire Chief.
The term includes, among other wastes, toxins, corrosives, flammable materials, irritants, strong sensitizers and materials which generate pressure by decomposition, heat or otherwise.
JUNK VEHICLE: A street-legal or non-highway vehicle, including component parts, which is ruined, dismantled or inoperable for any reason, or otherwise unused for its original purpose; or, a street-legal vehicle that does not possess a current, valid vehicle registration.
MOTORCYCLE: Every motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, except any such vehicle as may be included within the term "tractor" or "moped" as defined in Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 482, as amended.
OBSTRUCTION: The prevention of travel across or along the pathway of any public road by, among other things, constructing gates, closing gates, signage or any other impediment limiting the public use of the public road.
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE: Any motorized vehicle, including a motorcycle, designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.
POLLUTANT: As defined at Nevada Revised Statutes 445A.400, as amended and includes:
A. Dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
B. Pollutant does not mean water, gas or other material which is injected into a well to facilitate production of oil or gas, or water derived in association with oil or gas production and disposed of in a well, if the well is used either for facilitating production or for disposal purposes and if the White Pine County Board of Health determines that such injection or disposal will not result in the degradation of ground or surface water resources.
C. Further, pollutant does not mean water, gas or other material injected into a well or used to stimulate a reservoir of geothermal resources if the White Pine County Board of Health determines that the injection or stimulation will not result in the degradation of ground or surface water resources.
PUBLIC ROAD: A road adjudicated public by any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of Nevada, or a road established public pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 405.195, as amended, or a road dedicated to and accepted by a governmental agency, or a road defined as set forth at Nevada Revised Statutes 405.191, as amended.
PUBLIC VIEW: Plainly visible from the public right-of-way, or from any regularly used location on public or private property. Items enclosed and visually obscured within a structure, or within a lawful screen are not considered to be in public view.
RESIDENTIAL FORECLOSURE: The sale of a single family residence pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 40.430, as amended.
SCREEN: To provide physical separation and visual obscuration of one (1) area from another on all sides and in all seasons. Such separation must be at least six feet (6') high and includes, but is not limited to, the combination or individual use of a fence, decorative wall, structure, earth berm or dense landscaping.
SOLID WASTE: All putrescible and non-putrescible refuse in solid or semisolid form. The term does not include hazardous waste.
STRUCTURE: That which is built or constructed, or an edifice or building of any kind or any piece of work that is man-made or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.
VEHICLE: Any self-propelled instrument of conveyance designed primarily for the transportation of persons or goods.
Non-Highway Vehicle: Any instrument of conveyance or off-road vehicle which cannot be lawfully licensed or registered for use on public highways, streets, roads, or other public ways. Examples include, but are not limited to, dune buggies, all- terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, boats, and personal water craft.
Street-Legal Vehicle: Any instrument of conveyance which can be lawfully licensed or registered for use on public highways, streets, roads, or other public ways. Examples include, but are not limited to, automobiles, trucks, vans, trailers, motor homes or recreational vehicles, campers, motorcycles, and mopeds.
WELFARE: The public's well-being in any respect including matters of health, peace, safety, order, and morals. (Ord. 468, 2017)