§ 225-4. Definitions.

The following terms, wherever used herein or referred to in this chapter, shall have the respective meanings assigned to them, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE

Any unlicensed or unregistered motor vehicle which is not capable of operation or has been in an inoperable state for more than seven calendar days.

DETERIORATION

The condition of a building or part thereof characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive use.

EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW

Any premises or any part thereof or any building or any part thereof which may be lawfully viewed by the public.

EXTERIOR OF THE PREMISES

The open space on the premises and on adjoining premises under the control of the owners or operators on the outside of the premises.

EXTERMINATION

The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food by poison, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other approved pest elimination methods.

GARBAGE

Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. (See also "refuse" and "rubbish.")

INFESTATION

The presence, within or contiguous to the structure or premises, of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.

JUNK

Any old, discarded or unused waste iron or other metal or substance, glass, paper, used lumber, rags, machine parts, accessories, machinery, machines, unregistered motor vehicles which are unfit for operation, used pads of motor vehicles and any material commonly known and generally referred to as "junk" in the ordinary and accepted meaning of the word.

NUISANCE

A. 

Any public nuisance as defined by statute or ordinance or at common law.

B. 

Any unattractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to the health or safety of children, whether in a building, on the premises of a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes but is not limited to abandoned motor vehicles, abandoned cesspools, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, abandoned refrigerators, any structurally unsound fences or structures, used lumber, trash, junk, debris or vegetation, such as poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac, which may prove hazardous.

C. 

Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist.

D. 

Insufficient ventilation or illumination in violation of this chapter.

E. 

Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities in violation of this chapter.

F. 

Unsanitary conditions or anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health, in violation of this chapter.

G. 

Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human beings.

H. 

Fire hazards.

OCCUPANT

Any person living or sleeping in a building; or having possession of a space within a building.

OPERATOR

Any person who has charge, care or control of a dwelling or premises or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner.

OWNER

Any person or entity who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, or shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling unit as owner or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee, receiver or guardian of the estate or as a mortgagee in possession, regardless of how such possession was obtained. Any person who is a lessee subletting or reassigning any part or all of any dwelling or dwelling unit shall be deemed to be a co-owner with the lessor and shall have joint responsibility over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned by said lessee.

PREMISES

A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon. For the purpose of this chapter, a vacant lot shall be defined as a "lot."

REFUSE

All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, except body wastes, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ash, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned motor vehicles and solid and industrial wastes. (See also "garbage" and "rubbish.")

RUBBISH

Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials. (See also "garbage" and "refuse.")