§ 8.24.020 — Definitions

8.24.020 - Definitions.

In the construction of this chapter, the following definitions shall be observed, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: Enforcement Officer. It shall be the responsibility of the City Attorney, Fire Department, Code Enforcement Officers, Community Improvement Specialists, Beautification Coordinator, Building and Housing Inspectors, Civil Enforcement Officers, Animal Control Officers, Construction inspectors, and their immediate superior officers, to enforce the provisions as set forth in Title 8 of this Code. "Garbage" means refuse, animal and vegetable matter from a kitchen, market or store, including every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables, and all foul and filthy substances. "Junk" means secondhand, worn, or discarded articles of little obvious or monetary value. "Litter" means garbage, refuse or rubbish as defined herein and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, is unsightly, dirty or offensive, creates or tends to create a fire hazard or danger to public health, safety welfare. "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, limited-liability company, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. "Public place" means any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings. "Refuse" means all garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned vehicles, inoperable vehicles, parts of vehicles and solid market and industrial wastes. "Rubbish" means old tin and iron cans and containers, old wood, cardboard and paper boxes, old metals, wire, rope, cordage, bottles, bags and bagging, rubber and rubber tires, paper, wood shavings, and all used or cast-off articles or material, including old plaster, brick, cement, glass, old building material, leaves, yard trimmings, weeds, dead weeds, dead trees, dead bushes or dead grasses whether or not still in ground at any height and similar materials. "Trash" means any articles in a broken condition, without obvious or monetary value or debris in any form. "Weeds" means any non-cultivated plant material and any cultivated grasses, vegetation, common grasses, turf, and lawn areas, exceeding a height of ten (10) inches. Any ornamental grasses specifically bred to exceed ten (10) inches in height are excluded.

(Ord. 2340 § 2, 2007: Ord. 799 § 1, 1984; Ord. 744 § 3, 1982)