§ 30-51. Definitions.

Building materials shall include lumber, bricks, concrete, cinder blocks, plumbing materials, electrical wiring or equipment, heating ducts or equipment, shingles, mortar, concrete or cement, nails, screws or any other materials used in constructing any structure.

Junk automobile shall include any motor vehicle which is not licensed for use upon the highways of the State of Michigan, and shall also include, whether licensed or not, any motor vehicle which is inoperable or does not have all its main component parts attached.

Junk, trash, rubbish, or refuse of any kind shall include without limitations, motorized or unmotorized vehicles, metal, iron, steel, copper, brass, zinc, tin, lead, rope, rubber, rags, clothing, wood, plastic, paper, glass, garbage, appliances, mobile homes not meeting the minimum standards for inhabitation by humans, unusable trailers, pick-up truck caps/covers, televisions, furniture, or any other scrap or waste material of any kind, including parts of any of the above, but not including domestic refuse stored in such a manner as not to create a nuisance for a period not exceeding 30 days, and not including firewood stored in an orderly fashion.

Weeds and grasses shall include, but are not limited to, vegetation which emit unpleasant, unhealthy or noxious odors or pollen, any high growth of vegetation including grasses which might conceal rubbish, waste materials, trash or which may constitute a fire hazard. The term "weed" as used in this section shall include, but not be limited to, Canadian thistle, dodders (any species of cuscuta), mustards, wild carrot, bind weed, perennial sow thistle, hoary alyssum, ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.

(Ord. No. 192, § I, 8-4-2008; Ord. No. 202, Art. I, 3-17-14)