For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABATEMENT COSTS. Unless otherwise provided, abatement costs shall mean all necessary and reasonable costs for and associated with remedying a violation under this chapter to maintain and preserve public health, safety and welfare, including but not limited to $100 per hour for the first hour of weed or grass removal and $75 per hour every hour thereafter, and $150 per hour for tractor or back-hoe operation.
ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH. An accumulation on any premises of filth, refuse, trash, garbage, or other waste material which endangers the public health, welfare, or safety, or materially interferes with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property because of the danger that it will catch or communicate fire, attract and propagate vermin, rodents, or insects, or blow rubbish into any street, sidewalk, or property of another. This shall include the failure to keep animal’s pen, yard, lot or other enclosure in a sanitary condition and free from preventable offensive odors.
AUTOMOBILE COLLECTOR. A person who collects and restores motor vehicles.
COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY NUISANCE. In addition to what is declared in this chapter be a public nuisance, those offenses which are known to the common law and the statutes of Kentucky as public nuisance may be treated as such and be proceeded against as provided in this chapter or in accordance with any other provisions of law.
IMMINENT DANGER. The classification of imminent danger shall mean a condition that is likely to cause serious or life-threatening injury or death at any time.
JUNKED OR WRECKED AUTOMOBILES, VEHICLES, MACHINES, OR OTHER SIMILAR SCRAP OR SALVAGED MATERIALS, EXCLUDING INOPERABLE FARM EQUIPMENT. Any unit with or without motive power that is unfit for human habitation or is likely to cause sickness or disease, so as to work injury to the public, also one of the following conditions, but not limited to the following:
(1) Wrecked;
(2) Dismantled;
(3) Partially damaged;
(4) Inoperative;
(5) Abandoned;
(6) Discarded; and/or
(7) Unlicensed.
This definition shall not apply to the following:
(1) Junked, wrecked or inoperable automobiles, vehicles, machines or other similar scrap or salvage material located on the business premises of a:
(a) Licensed automotive recycling dealer as described in KRS 190.010(8);
(b) Used motor vehicle dealer as defined in KRS 190.010(6);
(c) Motor vehicle auction dealer as defined in KRS 190.010(11);
(2) Junked, wrecked, or inoperable motor vehicles, including parts cars, stored on private premises by automobile collectors, whether as a hobby or a profession, if these motor vehicles and parts cars are stored out of public view by means of suitable fencing, trees, shrubbery or other means; and
(3) Any motor vehicle as defined in KRS 281.010 that is owned, controlled, operated, managed, or leased by a motor carrier.
OWNER. A person, association, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity having a legal or equitable title (as created by documents of record in the Ballard County Court Clerk’s Office) in real property.
PARTS CAR. An automobile that is not intended to be operated along streets and roads, but is used to provide parts for the restoration of other automobiles.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, company, or organization of any kind.
PREMISES. A lot, plot, or parcel of land, including any structures upon it.
THE EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF WEEDS OR GRASS. Unless otherwise provided, excessive shall mean growth to a height of five inches or more. This pertains to residential and business property and excludes accepted farming practices. This shall also include dangerous trees or stacks adjoining street. Any tree, stack, or other object standing in such a condition that it will, if the condition is allowed to continue, endanger the life, limb, or property of, or cause hurt, damage, or injury to persons or falling thereof or of parts thereof. This shall also include trees and shrubbery obstructing streets, sidewalks, and drainage.
(Am. Ord. 570, passed 7-3-06; Am. Ord. 592, passed 7-14-10; Am. Ord. 632, passed 10-4-16 )