As used in this article, the following words, terms, and phrases shall be defined as follows:
means to cease the care or maintenance thereof, or to intentionally leave behind.
means to eliminate or cure by removal, repair, rehabilitation, or demolition.
also means a container that is composed of durable material and designed to prevent the discharge of its contents and to make its contents inaccessible to animals, vermin, or other pests.
means any low woody vegetation, dense undergrowth, decaying scrub vegetation or the dead remains of such.
means a structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of a person, chattel, machine, equipment, or other movable property.
means the designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of codes, or his authorized representative.
means a grant by a property owner to the public or other entity for the use of a defined strip of land, for such purpose as the installation, maintenance, and/or repair of utility lines, or other public services, whose ownership and care of the land encompassed by such easement is maintained by the property owner.
means used iron, metal, furniture, tires, appliances, and other similar items openly stored, discarded, or abandoned on property or premises.
means any garbage, refuse, rubbish, or junk as defined herein, and all other waste material which creates a nuisance or potential danger to public health, safety, and welfare if not deposited in an approved receptacle.
means any person living or sleeping in a building or having possession of a space within a building.
means the open storage or placement of an item on any premises or property which is not entirely enclosed by a building and is visible from any public street or right-of-way.
means any person, agent, firm, partnership, corporation, association, family, group, occupant, owner’s agent, property manager, lessee, renter, or tenant. It also includes the singular and plural.
means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, family, group, occupant, owner’s agent, property manager, lessee, renter, or tenant. It also includes the singular and plural.
includes every species of property, except real property as defined in this section.
means a lot, plot, or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon. The term includes a yard, ground, walk, driveway, fence, porch, steps, or other structures appurtenant to the property.
means any premises, personal [property] or real property.
means the allowance of, or the maintaining of, an unlawful condition, act, or use of any property or premises affecting the public’s life, health, safety, or general welfare within the city limits.
means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, alleys, parkways, sidewalks, highways and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
includes land and whatever is erected or growing upon or affixed to land.
means all solid waste (except body waste), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, and solid market and industrial wastes.
means any lot or parcel of land without a structure or building or without the installation of site improvements.
means any herbage or vegetation, but excludes cultivated shrubs, bushes, trees, flowers, and crops.
(Ordinance 7050-A, sec. 1-1, adopted 7/18/02)