As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any condition which provides the necessary environment for the birth or hatching of vectors.
Water contained in ditches, pools, ponds, streams, excavations, holes, depressions, open cesspools, fountains, cisterns, tanks, shallow wells, barrels, troughs, urns, cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets, roof gutters, reservoirs, vessels, receptacles of any kind or other containers or devices which may hold water.
The control and elimination of vectors by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making inaccessible material that may serve as their food, by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, fogging or larviciding or trapping, or by any other recognized and legal vector-elimination method which is not injurious to human health or the safety of domestic animals.
All waste, animal or vegetable, such as but not limited to waste material and refuse from kitchens, residences, grocery stores, butcher shops, restaurants, cafes and hotels resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving or nonconsumption of food, and all other deleterious substances.
Any place where vectors can live, nest or seek shelter.
The presence of vectors within or contiguous to a structure or premises.
Any condition or use of premises or of building exteriors which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other property in the neighborhood in which such premises are located, or which shall cause or result in annoyance or disturbance to persons beyond the boundaries of such property, interference to the health and/or safety of the person beyond the boundaries of such property, and/or disturbance to or interference with the peaceful use of the property of others in the Township, in any case taking into consideration the location of the use or condition and the nature and condition of the surrounding neighborhood. This includes, but is not limited to, the retention on any premises of any of the following: junk, trash or debris; abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment, such as but not limited to automobiles, furniture, paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, crockery, scrap metal, tires, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or containers.
Any person who, alone or jointly/severally with others:
Shall have legal title to any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof.
Shall have charge, care or control of any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner, lessee, or agent of the owner, or an executor, administrator, trustee, assignee of rents or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this article to the same extent as if he were the owner.
The actual owner, agent or custodian of the property, whether an individual, partnership, association or corporation.
Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
All areas of a property, including all interior, exterior, grounds and yard spaces.
Waste, rubbish, garbage, trash or any material of any kind that has been discarded, rejected, cast aside or thrown away as worthless, except body wastes.
Any man-made construction or building, which is located on any part of the premises.
The Township of Muhlenberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
A rodent, insect or vermin species capable of transmitting a disease or infection. Vectors shall include but not be limited to rats, mosquitoes, cockroaches, flies, ticks, etc.
Any area, interior or exterior, where vectors can live, nest, breed or seek any form of shelter.
A form of construction to prevent the ingress and egress of vectors to or from a given space or building or from gaining access to food, water or harborage. This term shall include but not be limited to rat-proofing, fly-proofing, mosquito-proofing, etc.