§ 8-19. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning:

(a)

Accumulation means any one (1) or more articles of litter.

(b)

Garbage means all waste and accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter that attends or results from the preparation, use, handling, cooking, serving or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruit, vegetable, putrefaction, and the generation of noxious and offensive gases and odors, or which may serve as breeding or feeding materials for flies and/or other germ-carrying insects.

(c)

Improved property means any property within a platted subdivision.

(d)

Litter means any garbage; rubbish; trash; refuse; including can; bottle; box; container; paper; tobacco product; tire; appliance; mechanical equipment or part; building or construction material; tool; machinery; furniture; wood; motor vehicle or motor vehicle part; vessel; aircraft; farm machinery or equipment; sludge from a waste treatment facility, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility; or substance in any form resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, mining or governmental operations.

(e)

Owner or occupant means any owner, or lessee of any lot, tract, or other parcel of land in the city.

(1)

Person means any individual, firm, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association.

(f)

Stagnant water means any body of water natural or manmade, which lacks flow; which is breeding ground or feeding area for mosquitoes, rodents, snakes, or other species of insect or animal, or which constitutes a habitat for disease bearing organisms; and which is a host for algae and other growth indicative of water that is not disinfected.

(g)

Swimming pool means any structure having a depth of any point of more than two (2) feet, intended for the collection of water for the purpose of immersion or partial immersion therein of human beings.

(h)

Trash means abandoned vegetative material from landscaping, maintenance or land clearing operations, tree and shrub trimmings, grass clippings, palm fronds, tree stumps and similar materials as well as construction debris including, but not limited to, abandoned material from construction operations.

(i)

Untended vegetation means grass, weeds or underbrush in excess of eight (8) inches in height from the ground, vines or other vegetation.

(j)

Discolored means the present wall surface, including perimeter walls and fences, or roof color is different, bleached, faded, soiled, stained or streaked from that of the original wall surface or roof, due to weather, fading or vandalism.

(k)

Good condition means the building feature is performing according to its originally intended function.

(l)

Good repair means that any repair made to the property feature is consistent with, and ensures, the feature's originally intended function and that the repair was executed in a workmanlike manner.

(m)

Nuisance shall mean any one or combination of the following:

(1)

Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence or as provided by statute, administrative rule, or ordinance of the city, including this chapter;

(2)

Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to health or safety;

(3)

Physical conditions dangerous to human life or property, or detrimental to health or detrimental to property values; or which tend to degrade the appearance of a neighborhood;

(4)

Conditions relating to private or public property which impede the free passage of persons on a public or private sidewalk or which impede ingress or egress to property or which impede safety passage of vehicles on a public right-of-way or street;

(5)

Fire hazards;

(6)

Storage exposed to public view;

(7)

Property overgrown and/or not properly maintained.

(Ord. No. 89-129, § 2, 4-3-90; Ord. No. 90-132, § 2, 7-17-90; Ord. No. 94-154, § 2, 12-6-94; Ord. No. 2000-109, § 2, 5-16-00; Ord. No. 2001-126, § 2, 11-20-01)