Sec. 142-71. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Lot includes any real property in single or joint ownership whose boundaries encompass less than five acres.
Offending landscaping includes any plants, shrubs, turf, and other landscaping on city rights-of-way which violate any of the provisions of this article.
Offending vegetation includes any trees, weeds and other vegetation which violate any of the provisions of this article.
Open area means any real property in single or joint ownership of a total area of five acres or more.
Owner or occupant includes any person who alone, jointly or severally with others:
(1) Has a legal or equitable interest in, or possession or control of, a dwelling unit, lot, open area, or any real property, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof;
(2) Acts as the agent of a person having a legal or equitable interest in a lot, open area, or any real property, dwelling or dwelling unit thereof; or
(3) Is the general representative or fiduciary of an estate through which a legal or equitable interest in a lot, open area, any real property or dwelling unit is administered.
Ownership means the interest of an owner or occupant in a lot, open area or any real property and shall be deemed to extend from the centerline of any abutting alley, street, greenbelt or other property line to and including the curb and gutter area of any abutting street of any such lot or tract of land.
Unsafe trees includes those trees or their parts within the boundaries of any lot or open area which may be considered troublesome, diseased, defective, or hazardous or which in any way endanger the security or usefulness of any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk, or city-owned utility facility.
Weed means any plant which is not intentionally cultivated or is unsightly and economically useless or any undesirable or noxious plant as those terms are defined in C.R.S. tit. 35, art. 5.5 (C.R.S. § 35-5.5-101 et seq.). (Code 1979, § 40-53)
Cross reference: Definitions generally, § 1-2.