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Occupant means a tenant or any person who is in control or possession of or actually occupies land in the city. Owner, except for purposes of article V of this chanter means a person who holds beneficial ownership of any land in the city or an agent, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian having charge, care, management or control of any land in the city. For purposes of article V of this chanter, owner means solely the record owner of real rp opertv. Property means real property. Public way means a street including any unimproved sections, sidewalk, alley, road, highway, bridge, viaduct, subway, underpass, park, parkway, play field, playground and any other similar place in the city opened to and used by the public. Refuse means refuse as defined in section 16 -1 of this Code. Sidewalk means a sidewalk as defined in section 1 -2 of this Code. Street means a highway as defined in section 1 -2 of this Code. Weeds means any grass or plants out of place, wild or uncontrolled growth or vegetation of every kind on any land, alley, sidewalk or street in the city, whether growing or severed from the land, of such height or of such profusion as to constitute or which is likely to constitute a harborage for rats, a place where mosquitoes or other harinful pests or insect infestations may breed or water may stagnate or which conceals or is likely to conceal deposits of garbage, trash or debris. ARTICLE III. — WEED AND DEBRIS,- JD t i'' D to Sec. 23 -26. — Prohibition; declaration of nuisance; abatement generally. --= - - - --- - - - - - Article 23 -27. — Notice to abate — Required; contents. (c) Whenever the director or his designee finds that a criminals blight exists on any land, alley, sidewalk or street, he shall give notice in writing of the existence of the criminalg blight to the owner , 'of the land on which the nuisance exists, or to the owner ov nt , ' erAwider, of the land abutting the alley, sidewalk or