§ 42-26. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Approved solid waste site includes a solid waste site permitted by the state natural resources conservation commission or the state department of health or a solid waste site licensed by a county.

Brush includes all trees and shrubbery over four feet in height that are not cultivated or cared for by persons owning or controlling the premises.

Private sewer line means the segment of the sanitary sewer system located in whole or in part on private property that connects a structure to the city's main line.

Rubbish includes all refuse, rejected tin cans, old vessels of all sorts, useless articles, abandoned pipe, mounds of dirt, discarded clothing, concrete blocks, bricks, textiles of all sorts and in general all litter and all other things usually included within the meaning of the other terms used in this article that are liable to produce or tend to produce an unhealthy, unwholesome or unsanitary condition to the premises within the general locality where such are situated and the term also includes any species of ragweed or other vegetable growth that might or may tend to be unhealthy to individuals residing within the general locality where such is situated.

Weeds includes all rank and uncultivated vegetable growth or matter that has grown more than nine inches in height or that, regardless of height, is liable to become an unwholesome or decaying mass or a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes or other vermin.

(Code 1967, § 15-1; Ord. No. 4378, § 1, 2-13-86; Ord. No. 6861, § 1, 11-16-93; Ord. No. 10,542, § 2, 2-8-07)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.