§ 220.010. Definitions Generally.

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:

FILTHY ASH HEAPS

Includes cinders, coal and everything that usually remains after fires that has been mixed with garbage or filth of any kind.

GARBAGE

Includes every accumulation of both animal and vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, that is received from kitchens, and also all putrid and unsound meat, beef, pork and fish, and decayed or unsound vegetables or fruits.

OWNER

Means:

1. 

The person or entity whose name is listed as the owner of premises on the last deed recorded at the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds Office and on the last tax records maintained at the St. Louis County Assessor's and Collector's Office, and

2. 

When necessary and appropriate, any person in the care, custody, or control of premises, including any tenant, occupant, or transient user thereof, and any agent, servant, or abettor of such person.

PREMISES

Any parcel of real property, any building or structure located on real property, any personal property, such as a car, trailer, camper, etc., and any portion of the public way that abuts or supports such premises when it is used in conjunction therewith for the commission of nuisance activity.

RUBBISH

Includes all loose and decayed material and dirt-like substances that attend use or decay, or which accumulate from building, storing or cleaning.

TENEMENT HOUSE

Includes every house, building or portion thereof which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied as the home or residence of more than two (2) families living independent of one another.

R.O. 2011 §8.24.010; Code 1950 §603.14; Prior Code §22-1; Ord. No. 6901 §1, 12-10-2012