(1) “Agent” means any occupant or any other person acting for the owner and working, or in charge of, the land.

(2) “Lot” or “land” means public or private property and the paved or unpaved portion of a public right-of-way which abuts upon public or private property.

(3) “Noxious weed” or “weed” means any plant growing in the city which is determined by the state noxious weed control board to be injurious to crops, livestock, or other property and which is included for purpose of control on Whitman County's noxious weed list; or, if not included on Whitman County's noxious weed list has been designated for control by resolution of the City Council.

(4) “Owner” means the person in actual control of real property, or his agent, whether such control is based on legal or equitable title or on any other interest entitling the holder to possession and, for purposes of liability for payment pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter means the possessor of legal or equitable title or the possessor of an easement; provided, that when the possessor of an easement has the right to control or limit the growth of vegetation within the boundaries of an easement, only the possessor of such easement shall be deemed, for the purpose of this Chapter, an owner of the property within the boundaries of such easement.

(5) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, the state, or any department, agency, or subdivision thereof, or any other entity.

(6) As pertains to the duty of an owner, the word “control” and the term “prevent the spread of noxious weeds” means conforming to the standards of noxious weed control or prevention adopted by rule or regulation by the Whitman County noxious weed control board. (Ord. 82-25 §2, 1982).