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ORDINANCE NO. 87 - <br />hazard, and/or which is considered obnoxious and offensive <br />to the general public. <br />i <br />"Person" shall mean .any individual, firm, business, <br />partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association or <br />any other legal entity. <br />"Trash" shall mean and include all horticultural <br />trimmings, and all accumulations of grass, weeds, palm <br />fronds, leaves, flowers, shrubs, vines, tree limbs, and <br />other similar accumulations of vegetative matter incidental <br />to yardkeeping. <br />"Unserviceable vehicle" shall mean any automobile, <br />truck, tractor, motorcycle, boat, trailer, mobile home, or <br />other vehicle, that,. due to age, wear, and general <br />deterioration is not in operating condition or does not bear <br />current license plates, except for vehicles having historic <br />or antique value when such vehicles are stored in an <br />enclosed structure. <br />"Weeds" shall mean any accumulation of untended dead or <br />living grasslike and/or herbaceous vegetation, generally <br />found in association with an unkept yard area, which might <br />give off an obnoxious odor., become infested with vermin <br />constituting a health hazard, or become a fire hazard under <br />drought conditions. Such definition shall not include trees <br />or shrubs, or understory vegetation which is in association <br />with an undeveloped wooded lot. .The term "weeds" shall not <br />be deemed to include any vegetation protected in Chapter <br />2321, Tree Protection, of the County Code of Laws and <br />Ordinances. <br />Section 13-18. Nuisance Restrictions. <br />--------------------- <br />Accumulations of debris, garbage, junk, trash, weeds, <br />unserviceable vehicles, or other noxious materials are <br />hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be removed from <br />all lots, parcels and tracts of land unless otherwise <br />permitted by the terms of this ordinance. <br />3 <br />