§ 121-3. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:

APPLIANCE

Includes any stove, washing machine, dryer, freezer, refrigerator or other household device or equipment abandoned, junked, discarded, wholly or partially dismantled or no longer intended or in condition for ordinary use for the purpose for which it was designed originally.

BUSINESS UNIT

A building or combination of buildings, and the lot on which the same is located, used wholly or in part for commercial purposes, including but not limited to offices, places of public assembly, shopping centers, restaurants, supermarkets, retail stores, warehouses, manufacturing or fabrication plants, gasoline stations and other business uses.

COMMERCIAL HAULER

Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association engaged in the business of collecting, disposing or transporting garbage, refuse or waste material in any part of the Town of Malta.

GARBAGE

Any refuse from animal and vegetable matter, waste food or parts thereof, refuse from a kitchen, market, store or house, floor sweepings, table waste or animal or vegetable matter, meats, fish, bones, fan and all offal and organic waste substance or substances capable of decay.

INFESTATION

The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.

LITTER

Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as herein defined, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.

LOT

A plot, tract, premises or parcel of land with or without buildings or structures located thereon, as surveyed or apportioned for sale or other purpose.

MOTOR VEHICLE

Includes any and all vehicles propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, intended for use on public highways; any unregistered, old or secondhand motor vehicle or trailer; any motor vehicle in such condition or state of repair that it cannot be licensed immediately without extensive repairs; any abandoned, junked, discarded, wholly or partially dismantled motor vehicle no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the public highways or any vehicle incapable of passing a New York State inspection. This does not include inoperable farm or construction vehicles, equipment or machinery retained for the purpose of salvaging usable parts in connection with the ongoing operation of an on-site farm or construction business, provided that such items are stored within a consolidated area out of the public view.

MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT

Includes, but is not limited to power machines, lawn mowers, motors, or parts that were once motorized equipment.

OUTDOOR STORAGE

Includes the placing, maintaining or keeping of any motor vehicle, appliance, motorized equipment, rubbish and debris, as the same are defined herein, in a place other than a structure with a roof and fully enclosed on all sides.

OWNER

The person having legal title to the property and also the person shown as owner of the property on the current assessment rolls of the Town of Malta.

PERSON

One or more persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, unincorporated associations, their agents or employees, society clubs and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.

PRIVATE PROPERTY or PRIVATE PREMISES

Any real estate or part thereof, yard or driveway, other than that used as a public place, road, street or highway, situated in the Town of Malta, but not including land used for agriculture purposes.

PUBLIC NUISANCE AFFECTING HEALTH

A nuisance which is a thing, act or occupation or use of property, premises, equipment or structure, either private or public, affecting the health of one or more persons.

REFUSE AND RUBBISH

Plastics, combustible trash, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree limbs and branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture and bedding. Also included is noncombustible trash, including but not limited to tires, metals, cans, plastics, metal furniture, small quantities of rock, brick and concrete, glass, metal fixtures, bottles and street rubbish, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt and contents of litter receptacles, ashes, dead animals, junked vehicles, solid market and industrial wastes, cardboard, leaves, crockery and similar materials.

RESIDENT

Any person having a domicile within the general limits of the Town of Malta, including landlords and tenants. The term shall also include any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other association operating an established business within the limits of the Town of Malta.

RESIDENTIAL PREMISES

A building or combination of buildings used solely for personal living purposes of the occupants thereof, whether as owners or tenants thereof, and not used for any business purposes.

WASTE MATERIAL

Includes, but is not limited to, waste produced by industrial or manufacturing processes, including food processing waste, boiling house cinders, lumber scraps and shavings, tires and oils and large amounts of wood, concrete, rocks, brick, sand and other wastes from building operations.

YARD

An open space on the same lot which contains a building and is located between the building line and the lot line which the particular building line faces.