§ 14-11. Definitions.

As used in this article:

"Abandoned materials" means any thing, item or product that has been discarded, abandoned, thrown aside, or left as worthless, regardless of the condition of the thing, item or product.

"Fire chief" means the administrative head of the city fire department or his/her designee.

"Refuse" means and includes any of the following:

(a)

Garbage, waste or rubbish;

(b)

Grass clippings, tree or shrub trimmings, or other organic materials;

(c)

Unused or discarded collections of materials, including but not limited to wood, bedding, crockery, tires, papers, rags, boxes, cartons, construction debris, and other articles of similar nature; or

(d)

Any quantity of uncontainerized paper, metal, plastic, glass or miscellaneous solid waste.

"Responsible person" means and includes each property owner as identified on the last equalized assessment roll, and/or the lessee or occupant of such property.

"Streets" means and includes alleys, parkways, park paths, bicycle trails, roads, driveways, sidewalks and areas between sidewalks and curbs.

"Weeds" means and includes any of the following:

(a)

Weeds which bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature;

(b)

Sagebrush, chaparral and any other brush or weeds which attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace;

(c)

Weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous; or

(d)

Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health.

(Ord. No. 426, § 1.)