§ 8.04.202. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article and chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

A.

"Lien cost" means any unpaid removal cost.

B.

"Owner" means the person to whom was sent the tax bill for the general taxes on the underlying parcel for the taxable year immediately preceding the service of the notice in the case of a notice to abate a nuisance or the taxable year immediately preceding the removal activity in the case of a notice of lien for removal costs.

C.

"Removal activity" means the cutting, trimming or removal of nuisance greenery, the removal of garbage, refuse or rubbish and the abatement of any other nuisance identified in this chapter.

D.

"Removal cost" means the total cost of any removal activity including, without limitation, the cost of preparing and filing any lien authorized by this chapter.

E.

"Underlying parcel" means the parcel of private property on which a removal activity was performed.

F.

"Year" means a three hundred sixty-five-day period.

(Ord. No. 2013-8, § 3, 6-18-2013)