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CHAPTER 12. NUISANCES DEFINED AND REGULATED
<br /> Section 1200 - NUISANCE DEFINITIONS
<br /> 1200.01 Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following terms will have
<br /> the following meanings:
<br /> Subd. 1. Authorized Private Receptacle. A refuse or litter storage and
<br /> collection receptacle with suitable handles and a tight fitting cover, which is
<br /> maintained, cleaned and kept in a state of repair and which will prevent
<br /> leakage.
<br /> Subd. 2. Garbage. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from
<br /> handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food.
<br /> Subd. 3. Park. A playground, beach, recreation area or any other public area
<br /> owned or used by the City for open space or recreation.
<br /> Subd. 4. Private Property. All property in the City other than public property,
<br /> whether inhabited or vacant, including any yard, grounds, walk, driveway,
<br /> porch, garage, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such
<br /> property.
<br /> Subd. 5. Public Property. Any park, public street, right-of-way, sidewalk,
<br /> easement, boulevard, alley or other grounds or buildings, owned, leased or
<br /> controlled by the City, the counties of Hennepin or Ramsey, or any other
<br /> governmental body or political subdivision.
<br /> Subd. 6. Refuse or Litter. Matter that is, should be, or has been, rejected as
<br /> useless and fit only to be thrown out or away, including but not limited to
<br /> garbage, rubbish, and other waste material such as soil, sand, day, gravel,
<br /> loam, brick, plaster, ashes, wood, leaves, dead trees or branches, manure,
<br /> chips, shavings, printed matter, paper, pasteboard, grass clippings, rags, straw,
<br /> cans and bottles.
<br /> Subd. 7. Communicable Disease.. An illness due to a specific infectious agent
<br /> or toxic product which arises through transmission of that'agent or product to
<br /> a susceptible host, either directly, through an intermediate plant or animal
<br /> host, vector or inanimate environment.
<br /> Subd. 8. Vehicle. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property
<br /> may be transported or drawn upon a street, highway or tracks.
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