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“Construction materials” means asphalt, concrete, plaster, tile, rocks, bricks, sand, dirt, lumber, blocks or any other material commonly used in construction or landscaping material.

“Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.

“Guardian” means a person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor or a public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by an authorized agency or court; or at least 21 years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.

“Insufficient control” means failure to exercise reasonable care and diligence in the supervision of the juvenile.

“Litter” means any rubbish, trash, weeds, filth or debris which constitute a hazard to public health and safety and shall include all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes including garbage, trash, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste; any deposit, accumulation, pile or heap of brush, grass, debris, weeds, cans, cloth, paper, wood, rubbish or other unsightly or unsanitary matter of any kind whatsoever; and any growth of weeds, brush, grass or other vegetable growth to an unreasonable height or in unreasonable amount. Any debris created during any construction shall be considered litter for purposes of this section, as will any handbills, posters or other similar advertising material posted within the city and not removed within 72 hours after the time of event.

“Minor” means any person under 18 years of age.

“Nuisance” shall mean anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses of a reasonable person, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable and reasonable enjoyment of life or property by an entire community or neighborhood, or by any person, or which unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any public park, square, alley, sidewalk, street or highway.

“Parent” means a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent or stepparent of another person.

“Private property” means land owned by any person other than the United States, the state, the county or the city.

“Prostitution” shall mean the act of performing a sexual activity for hire by a male or female person.

“Sexual activity” shall mean vaginal or anal intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, analingus, masturbation, sodomy or bestiality.

“Unsheltered” means anything located outside a garage in such a manner as to be visible to a person standing upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way or to any person standing at ground level upon any adjoining piece of property. [Ord. 10-03 § 1; Res. 10-13 § 1; Ord. 20-12 § 6; Code 2004 § 10-1-1.]