As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
APPLIANCE
Any stove, washing machine, dryer, freezer, refrigerator
or other household device or equipment.
BRUSH
Uncultivated woody shrubs and/or immature trees.
FULLY ENCLOSED STRUCTURE OR CONTAINER
A structure or container that provides complete protection
from the weather and elements to items located inside that structure
or container, including complete sides or walls, and a full roof or
cover.
GARBAGE
Includes all waste food, papers, dead animals or parts thereof,
ashes, offal, vegetables, dross, cinders, shells, straw, shavings
and all waste materials which shall be flammable or capable of fermentation
or decay.
GRASS
Herbaceous ornamental plants intended to be periodically
cut close to the ground for the establishment of a lawn or ground
covering. May also be used as ground covering for the establishment
of drainage swales, flood routes or water detention basins.
OWNER
The person or persons listed as owner of real property on
the most recent Town of Eaton final assessment roll, or such person
or persons who have given actual written notice to the Town of Eaton
of his, her, its or their ownership of real property notwithstanding
the information contained on such assessment roll.
PERSON
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership,
corporation or association of persons, the singular form shall also
include the plural.
RUBBISH
Includes all of the following materials when left out of
doors outside of a fully enclosed structure or container:
A.
Garbage, junk, debris, or any combustible or deleterious materials.
B.
Any unused objects or equipment, such as, but not limited to,
automobile parts, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, appliances,
cans, containers or vehicle tires.
C.
Waste metal, tin cans, ashes, cinders, glass, pottery, fabric,
paper, cartons, boxes, crates, pallets (other than pallets intended
to be used for business or heating purposes upon the premises, furniture
(other than lawn furniture or other furniture specifically constructed
for outdoor use), rugs, clothing, rags, mattresses, blankets, tires,
discarded and/or dismantled building materials, remains of destroyed
or dismantled, or partially destroyed and dismantled buildings or
other structures, vehicle and equipment parts.
D.
Any unsanitary matter or materials.
TENANT
One who temporarily holds or occupies land, a building or
other property owned by another.
WEEDS
Wild and uncultivated plants growing at the whim of nature
in locations not specifically intended.
If the owner of real property has been prosecuted and found guilty (whether by plea or conviction by the court) of one or more violations pursuant to §
145-5 of this article, and such owner fails, neglects or refuses to remedy such violation(s) within 30 days after the date of such conviction, the Town may cause such violation(s) to be remedied, and all such expenses incurred in such work shall be certified by the Town officer or employee overseeing the work to the Town Clerk and shall thereupon become and be a lien upon the property on which such work was performed and shall be added to and become part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land and shall bear interest at the same rates as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as Town taxes. This remedy is available to the Town in addition to such penalties and enforcement proceedings as are otherwise authorized under §
145-5 of this article, and shall not be deemed to be in lieu of such other penalties and enforcement proceedings.