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Street line. The boundary line between a public street <br />right-of-way and an abutting lot or parcel of land, or between <br />a private street open to public use and an abutting lot or <br />parcel of land. <br /> <br /> Rubbish. Scrap metals, junk, disassembled parts of automobiles <br />or machinery, construction or demolition materials, debris, litter, <br />paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass, cut brush, dead trees, tree <br />limbs, and similar materials. <br /> <br /> Garbage. Accumulations of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, <br />liquid, or otherwise, that attend the preparation, use, cooking, <br />dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable. <br /> <br />Sec. 16-48. Noxious qrowths prohibited; prima facie evidence. <br /> <br /> No person owning, managing, or having control or charge or <br />occupancy of any lot or private premises, shall: <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />Allow noxious growths or growths otherwise dangerous to <br />the life, health, comfort, or convenience of the community, <br />to grow or remain upon such lot or private premises; <br /> <br />(2) Sow or disseminate, or allow or permit to mature, any <br /> noxious growth upon such lot or private premises; <br /> <br />(3) <br /> <br />Suffer or permit any weeds, grass, rank growth or brush <br />to grow or exist in excess of six inches (6") above the <br />grade in the area of growth. <br /> <br />(4) Cause or permit rubbish or garbage to be placed or to <br /> exist upon such lot or private property. <br /> <br /> It is the duty of every such person to prevent such growth <br />or existence. To establish a prima facie violation of this <br />section, it shall not be necessary to establish any facts except <br />that the accused person owned, managed, or had charge, control, <br />or occupancy of a lot or private premises whereon such condition <br />existed or occurred. (Code 1952, § 3842; Ord. No. NS-880, <br />~ 1, 6-5-67) <br /> <br />Sec. 16-49. Order and notice requirinq removal of noxious <br /> growths - Time limit; posting, mailing. <br /> <br /> (a) If and when it shall appear that noxious growths, rubbish <br />or garbage have been placed upon or in fro~of private property <br />in violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any <br />other provisions of this Code, the designated officer may, by <br />appropriate written order, direct the removal thereof and shall <br />cause notices to be posted upon or in frontof such property to <br />the effect that such weeds, vines, shrubs, brush, rubbish or <br />garbage must be removed within seven (7) days from and af~ter the <br />date of such posting. Such notices shall be conspicuously posted <br />on or in front of the property on or in front of which the <br />condition exists, as follows: <br /> <br />(1) One notice shall be posted on or in front of each <br /> separately owned parcel; <br /> <br />(2) Not more than two (2) notices shall be posted to any <br /> parcel of fifty (50) to one hundred (100) feet frontage; <br /> <br />(3) Notices shall be placed at intervals of not more than <br /> one hundred feet (100'), if the frontage of a parcel is <br /> greater than one hundred feet (100'), with one notice <br /> for each one hundred feet (100') of frontage. <br /> <br /> <br />