“Abandoned vehicle” means any vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer of a type subject to registration under this article, whether lost, stolen, abandoned or otherwise unclaimed, which has been abandoned on a public highway, public property or elsewhere within the city, including private property. Evidence that a vehicle was left unattended for a period of 48 hours within the right-of-way of a highway, road, street or other public thoroughfare, or for a period of 72 hours on public property or elsewhere within the city including private property, shall be prima facie evidence of abandonment.

“Aircraft” means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation or for flight in the air, and includes, but is not limited to, helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.

“Animal” means any and all types of animals, both domestic and wild, male and female, singular and plural.

“Authorized private receptacle” means a litter storage and collection receptacle as required and authorized in this article.

“Fowl” means any and all fowl, domesticated and wild, male and female, singular and plural.

“Garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes, resulting from handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

“Junk vehicle” means a vehicle that is in such a state of deterioration that it cannot be profitably dismantled or salvaged for parts and cannot be profitably restored.

“Litter” means garbage, rubbish, refuse, waste material, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, weeds, organic or inorganic trash, debris, filthy or odoriferous objects, dead animals, or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description, whether or not any of these items are of value.

“Park” means a park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any other public area in the city owned or used by the city and devoted to public recreation.

“Private premises” means any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes whether inhabited, temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and includes but is not limited to any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibules or mail box belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.

“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 putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned, wrecked or junked vehicles or parts thereof and solid market and industrial wastes.

“Rubbish” means nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, metal cans, yard clippings, leaves, metal, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, furniture, major appliances, water heaters and similar materials.

“Street” or “road” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel, and includes the whole right-of-way of the public entity maintaining said way, whether such right-of-way is paved or not.

“Vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

“Weeds” means all grasses, annual plants and vegetation, other than trees or shrubs; however, this term shall not include cultivated flowers and gardens. [Code 2006 § 9-2-1. Ord. 93-14, 9-28-1993; Ord. 2022-04 § 1, 9-13-2022; Res. 2022-27 Exh. A, 9-13-2022].