§ 34-31. 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:

Abandoned property means wrecked or derelict property which has been left abandoned and unprotected from the elements for more than 90 days and shall include substantially damaged buildings and mobile homes, wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled motor vehicles, trailers, boats, machinery, refrigerators, washing machines, plumbing fixtures, furniture, and any other similar articles which have been abandoned and unprotected from the elements.

Enforcement officer means any full-time law enforcement officer, pollution control inspector or officer, building and zoning inspector, and landfill or recycle supervisor employed with the county and shall be properly identified as such by a photo identification.

Junk means any litter, debris, waste materials of any kind, dead animals, used or unserviceable automobile and machinery parts, used and nonfunctional furniture and appliances, and used and nonfunctional tools, equipment, and implements, but shall not include compost piles for normal, personal or noncommercial use, in their proper location.

Litter means all waste materials, including, but not limited to, bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, paper, plastic, rubber, garbage, offal, waste building material at construction sites, and disposable packages or containers, thrown or deposited as prohibited in this article, but not including the properly disposed waste of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing or gardening.

Litter receptacle means a container with a capacity of not less than ten gallons, constructed and placed for use as a depository for litter.

Private property means property owned by any person, including, but not limited to, yards, grounds, driveways, entrance or passageways, parking areas, storage areas, any body of water, vacant land, and recreation facilities.

Public property means any area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests, including but not limited to, highways, easements, rights-of-way, streets, alleys, parks, recreation areas, sidewalks, medians, lakes, rivers, streams, ponds or other bodies of water.

Shielded from view means completely precluding visibility of the subject vehicle from all adjacent properties and roadways, such as placing the subject vehicle in a fully enclosed structure which has solid walls and a roof that precludes visibility into any portion of the interior thereof, or placing the subject vehicle in an area enclosed by a solid opaque fence or landscaping which is sufficient in height, density and circumference to completely preclude visibility.

Unserviceable vehicle means any vehicle which is required to be licensed by the state if used on public streets and which cannot be started or moved under its own power, in its normal and usual manner, without repair or the addition of parts, but does not include any licensed automobile which is undergoing active repair or restoration for display, use or sale, or any vehicle that is registered in the same name as the property owner where such vehicle is stored.

Vehicle means every device capable of being moved upon a public highway or public waterway and in, upon or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a public highway or public waterway, including any watercraft, boat, ship, vessel, barge or other floating craft, or which are used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or which are exclusively for agricultural purposes and not licensed pursuant to state law and are not operated on any public highway for purposes other than crossing such public highway or along such highway between two tracts.

(Ord. No. 98-02, § I, 4-21-1998)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.