4-10-1: DEFINITIONS:
Terms used in the present tense include the future tense. Terms defined in the singular number include the plural and the plural the singular. Terms that have not been defined herein, but are separately defined in the St. George City Code, shall be construed as defined therein. The terms below are defined as follows:
DELETERIOUS OBJECT: Anything injurious, or with the reasonable potential to become injurious, to the health, safety or welfare of any persons.
GARBAGE: All putrescible wastes, including animal offal and carcasses of dead animals, but excluding human excreta, sewage and other water carried wastes.
INOPERABLE VEHICLE: Any vehicle or vessel that is not capable of being operated as a vehicle or vessel in its present state or existing mechanical condition. A vehicle or vessel is inoperable if the parts necessary for operation are removed, destroyed, damaged, deteriorated or nonfunctioning, rendering it incapable of legally functioning as a vehicle or vessel. A vehicle or vessel is inoperable if any of the following conditions exist: dismantled; flat or no tires; broken or missing windshield; missing or inoperable engine; missing or inoperable drive train; missing driver’s seat; missing or inoperable steering wheel or column; missing or inoperable gas or brake pedals; missing fenders, hood, or trunk; will not start; is not drivable; is on blocks, jacks, or other means of elevation; on or under which there is an accumulation of weeds, trash or debris; or any other condition exists that renders a vehicle or vessel inoperable.
JUNK: Any scrap metal, rope, batteries, debris, waste, or inoperable, dismantled or wrecked automobiles or parts thereof, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material. Any scrap, waste, reclaimable material or debris, whether or not stored or used in conjunction with dismantling, processing, salvage, storage, disposal or other use or disposition. Junk includes, but is not limited to, tires, furniture, tools, cordage, scrap iron or other metal, glass, brush, used or scrap wood and lumber, wastepaper products, discarded building materials, building materials, machinery and appliances or parts thereof, or vehicles and parts thereof.
LITTER: All waste material that can be, or is subject to being, blown from place to place or scattered by the elements, including, but not limited to: paper; cardboard; cartons; boxes; plastics; rags; cloth; fibers and fabrics; leather; polyethylene; or polystyrenes.
RUBBISH: All solid waste, except garbage and hazardous waste, including, but not limited to, ashes, bedding, cardboard, paper, wood, cans, glass, crockery, rubber, plastic, leather, rags, or yard trimmings.
SOLID WASTE:
1. Garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, litter, junk, combustible material, tree limbs and cuttings, landscape debris, hazardous waste, construction and demolition waste, dead animals, manure or feces, sludge, liquid or semi-liquid waste, asphalt other than that being used for hard surfacing, organic materials, and waste concrete or rocks, or other spent, useless, worthless or discarded materials;
2. Materials stored or accumulated for the purpose of discarding;
3. Materials that have served their original intended purpose; or
4. Waste material resulting from industrial, manufacturing, mining, commercial, agricultural, residential, institutional, recreational or community activities.
TRASH: Materials including, but not limited to, garbage, construction or demolition debris, clothing, rags, yard trimmings, or other refuse resulting from the conducting of any business, trade, or industry.
UTILITY SERVICE: Means electrical, gas, oil, water, or sewer service.
VEHICLE: A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, off-highway vehicle, camper, park model recreational vehicle, manufactured home, or mobile home, as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 41-1a-102.
VESSEL: Every type of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 72-18-2.
WEEDS: Useless and troublesome plants generally accepted as having no value and frequently of uncontrolled growth. A plant that is usually of vigorous growth, one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants, one that grows in competition with cultivated plants. Weeds include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Plants that have become a fire hazard;
2. Grasses, vines and bushes, except grasses, vines and bushes that are part of a landscaping theme and are not associated with a general deterioration of the property, and are not in an overgrown or unmanaged condition;
3. Stubble, brush, tumbleweeds, clippings or cuttings; and
4. Plants specified as weeds in the Utah Noxious Weed Act, Utah Code Annotated title 4, chapter 17, and its subsequent regulations. (Ord. 2020-02-006 § 2 (Att.), 2-6-2020)