As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
ABATE: | Repair, replace, remove, destroy, eliminate, or otherwise remedy a condition to an extent determined necessary, by the Town, to protect, restore or maintain public health, safety and welfare. |
DEBRIS: | Debris includes, but is not limited to: motor vehicle parts, tires of any kind or size, silt from automobile wash racks, dead animals, batteries, abandoned machinery, discharged machinery parts, any sort of household appliance, bath tubs, furniture, wood pilings, pallets, dirt pilings, paper pilings, rubber and plastic products, metal products, broken glass, barrels, any article resulting from the wrecking, construction or remodeling of any building, fence, sidewalk or structure of any kind or character. Debris is a nuisance. Exception: Neatly stacked or stored firewood, at the sole discretion of the Enforcement Officer. |
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: | Anyone with authority to enforce this chapter, including but not limited to: The enforcement officer pursuant to Title 1 Chapter 7 Article A of the Town Code, Sheriff’s Deputies authorized to enforce the Town Code, and the Mayor or his/her authorized designee. |
GARBAGE: | Waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of foods; offal or animal matter; wastes from the handling; storage and sale of produce; or anything that may decompose, become foul, offensive, unsanitary or dangerous to health. Garbage is a nuisance. |
INOPERABLE VEHICLE: | A vehicle that is partially suspended above the ground by jacks, blocks or any other devices. A vehicle which has any of the four tires or wheels removed or any discarded, ruined, wrecked or dismantled vehicle including any part(s). Any motor vehicle incapable of immediate operation under its own power safely and in concurrence with governing and applicable traffic ordinances and statutes, or any motor vehicle not having current license plates lawfully affixed thereto. Inoperable vehicles are a nuisance. |
LITTER: | To throw, deposit or allow garbage, rubbish and debris as defined herein, and all other waste material to remain on land that offends the senses, or creates a danger to public health, safety and welfare. Litter is a nuisance. |
MOTOR VEHICLE: | Any vehicle that is self-propelled by any sort of motor, not to include vehicles moved solely by human power. |
NUISANCE: | The creation and/or maintenance by any person of any condition or use of real or personal property in such a manner as to offend the senses, or to unreasonably interfere with the use or enjoyment of the property of another, or which is detrimental to the property of another, or which causes the substantial diminution in or degrades the value of another’s property by permitting any condition to exist which results in substantial annoyance, inconvenience or injury to the public, in whole or part as more fully described in section 4-1-3 Specific Nuisances. |
OPEN PIT(S) OR CONTAINER(S): | Any open or uncovered cellar, cellar door, pit, hole, trench, pool, unmounted tire, or container, etc. where water is allowed to accumulate and become a breeding ground or harborage for mosquitoes or other insects. An open pit or container is a danger to public health, safety and welfare and is a nuisance. |
PERSON: | Any individual(s), firm, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other form of business entity, or any other type of entity, public or private. |
PREMISES: | Any lot, building, parcel of land or portion of land, public or private. |
PROPERTY: | Any real property within the Town limits that is not a street or highway. |
RESPONSIBLE PARTY: | Any person owning, occupying, or in charge or control of any property or premises, including but not limited to the owner, occupant, agent, lessee, contractor, or any other person having control over the manner in which premises or property is maintained. |
RUBBISH: | All discarded materials, or materials lying about or placed in plain view, including, but in no way confined or limited to paper, wood, glass, metal and cloth products, weeds or grass, yard trimmings, tree branches, bedding, crockery, building materials, leaves, ashes and solid wastes resulting from industrial and manufacturing process. Rubbish is a nuisance. |
WEEDS AND TALL GRASS: | All weeds, including but not limited to Foxtail weeds, tall grass and rank, troublesome and harmful vegetation growing on any premises outside of the traveled portion of any street or alley within the Town that exceeds a height of twelve (12) inches are considered a nuisance. Weeds shall include, but not be limited to, such plants as may be so designated by the Campbell County Weed & Pest Board. All landscaping on any lot or premises must be maintained in a neat and orderly condition consistent with community standards. Weeds and tall grass are a nuisance. (Ord. 2021-03, 10-25-2021) |