Fonda, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 112 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 112-4

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: APPLIANCE Includes any stove, washing machine, dryer, freezer, refrigerator, or other household device or equipment abandoned, junked, discarded, wholly or partially dismantled or no longer intended or in condition for ordinary use for the purpose for which it was designed originally. BUSINESS UNIT A building or combination of buildings and the lot on which the same is located, used wholly or in part for commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, offices, places of public assembly, shopping centers, restaurants, supermarkets, retail stores, warehouses, manufacturing or fabrication plants, gasoline stations and other business uses. COMMERCIAL HAULER Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association engaged in the business of collecting, disposing or transporting garbage, refuse or waste material in any part of the Village of Fonda. GARBAGE Any refuse from animal and vegetable matter, waste food or parts thereof, refuse from kitchen, market, store or house, floor sweepings, table waste or animal or vegetable matter, meats, fish, bones, fat and all offal and organic waste substance or substances or capable of decay, but not including waste from slaughterhouses, rendering plants or sanitary disposal systems. INFESTATION The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests. LITTER Garbage, refuse, and rubbish as herein defined and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare. LOT A plot, tract, premises of parcel of land with or without buildings or structure located thereon, as surveyed or apportioned for sale or other purpose. MOTOR VEHICLE Includes any and all vehicles propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, intended for use on public highways; any unregistered, old or secondhand motor vehicle or trailer; any motor vehicle in such condition or state or repair that it cannot be licensed immediately without extensive repair; any abandoned, junked, discarded, wholly or partially dismantled motor vehicle no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the public highways or any vehicle incapable of passing a NYS inspection. This does not include inoperable farm or construction vehicles, implements, equipment or machinery retained for the purpose of salvaging usable parts in connection with the ongoing operation of an on-site farm or construction business, provided that such items are stored within a consolidated area out of the public view. MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT Includes, but not limited to, power machines, lawn mower, motors or parts that were once motorized equipment. OUTDOOR STORAGE Includes the placing, maintaining or keeping of any motor vehicle, appliance, motorized equipment, rubbish and debris as the same are defined herein in a place other than a structure with a roof and fully enclosed on all sides. OWNER The person having legal title to property and also the person shown as owner of the property on the current assessment rolls of the Village. PERSON One or more persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations, partnership, associations, joint stock companies, unincorporated associations, their agents or employees, society clubs and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued. PRIVATE PROPERTY or PRIVATE PREMISES Any real estate or part hereof, yard or driveway, other than that used as a public place, road, street or highway, situated in the Village, but not including lands used for agricultural purposes. PUBLIC NUISANCE AFFECTING HEALTH A nuisance which is a thing, act or occupation or use of property, premises, equipment or structure, either private or public, affecting the health of one or more persons. REFUSE and RUBBISH Plastics, combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree limbs and branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture and bedding. Also included in noncombustible trash, including, but not limited to, tires, metals, cans, plastics, metal furniture, small quantities of rock, brick and concrete, glass, metal fixtures, bottles and street rubbish, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch basin dirt and contents of litter receptacle, ashes, dead animals, junked vehicles, solid market and industrial wastes, cardboard, crockery or similar materials. RESIDENT Any person having domicile within general limits of the Village, including landlords and tenants. The term shall also include any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other association operating an established business within the limit of the Village of Fonda. RESIDENTIAL PREMISES A building or combination of buildings used solely for personal living purpose of the occupants thereof, whether as owners or tenants thereof, and not used for any business purposes. WASTE MATERIAL Includes but is not limited to waste produced by industrial or manufacturing process, including food processing waste, boiling house cinders, lumber scraps and shavings, slag, industrial sludge or other chemical waste and by-products, tires, oils, and large amount of wood, concrete, rocks, brick, sand and other wastes from building operations. YARD An open space on the same lot which contains a building and is located between the building line and the lot line which the particular building line faces.