Boonville Definitions ordinance (§ 11-1)

For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the following meanings:

Aircraft: Any contrivance used or designed for navigation or for flight in the air, including but not limited to airplanes, helicopters, lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.

Authorized container or receptacle: A litter storage and collection container or receptacle as required and authorized by section 21-123 of this Code.

Commercial handbill: Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature:

(1) Which advertises for sale any service, merchandise, product, commodity or thing; or (2) Which directs attention to any business, merchandise or commercial establishment or other activity for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales; or

(3) Which directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition, or event of any kind, for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit; but the terms of this clause shall not apply where an admission fee is charged or a collection is taken up for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind, which is held, given or takes place in connection with the dissemination of information which is not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public peace, safety and good order; provided, that nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking place of any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind, without a license, where such license is or may be required by any law or ordinance; or

(4) Which, while containing reading matter other than advertising matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement, and is distributed or circulated for advertising purposes, or for the private benefit and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.

Drive-in restaurant: Any restaurant where food, frozen desserts or beverages sold from such restaurants are regularly available for consumption out of doors, on bicycles or in motor vehicles or other types of vehicles.

Garbage: Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

Litter: Garbage, refuse, rubbish and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.

Newspaper: Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States, in accordance with federal statute or regulation, and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided by general law; in addition thereto, it shall mean and include any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year, and sold to the public.

Noncommercial handbill: Any printed or written matter, any sample, or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature other than a commercial handbill or newspaper.

Park: A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center, or any other public area in the city owned or used by the city and devoted to active or passive recreation.

Parkway: A strip of land located between a sidewalk and a physical street, whether such land is located on a part of the street right-of-way or not.

Place of business: Any place other than a private premises, public building or public place.

Private premises: Any dwelling, house, building or other structure, designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.

Public building: Any building owned or occupied by any governmental agency.

Public place: Any and all streets, including street rights-of-way, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.

Public receptacle: A litter storage and collection receptacle furnished by any person or by any governmental agency for use by the public.

Refuse: All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, dead animals, ashes and solid market and industrial wastes.

Rubbish: Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, including, but not limited to, paper, wrapping, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.

Vehicle: Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported.