For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONMENT. The relinquishment of property or a cessation of the use of the property by the owner, without either the intention of transferring rights to the property to another or of resuming the use of the property.
ANIMAL, DEAD. See DEAD ANIMAL.
APPLIANCES. Those mechanical devices used in households and/or commercial establishments to perform various tasks including, but not limited to, washing clothes, drying clothes, washing eating and cooking utensils, refrigerating foodstuffs, freezing foodstuffs, cleaning or vacuuming flooring materials or cooking foodstuffs.
BIODEGRADABLE. Material capable of being converted from its current form to an elemental form by the actions of microorganisms.
COLLECTOR. Any person, firm, co-partner, association, business entity or corporation engaged in the collection or transportation of solid waste within town or any governmental unit, political subdivision or agency thereof engaging in the collection or transportation of solid waste within town.
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL. Any handbill that promotes, offers for sale, seeks funds for or solicits the exchange of anything of value for another item with value.
COMMON NUISANCE. A condition or occurrence prejudicial to the health, comfort, safety, property, sense of decency or morals of a reasonable person resulting either from an act not warranted by law or the neglect of a duty imposed by law.
CONSTRUCTION, DEMOLITION AND LAND-CLEARING WASTE. Any type of solid waste resulting from land clearing operations, any improvement to real or personal property or the destruction, demolition or removal of any structure, improvement or building on/to real or personal property.
DEAD ANIMAL. Any non-human creature whose life-sustaining biological functions are no longer detectable through customary and ordinary means. This shall include, but is not limited to, livestock, dogs, cats, horses, any creature maintained as a household pet, birds, chickens, turkeys, fowl, wild beasts and waterfowl.
DHEC. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
GARBAGE. All organic or inorganic material remaining as a result of the consumption or use of products or natural resources, manufacturing processes, or the preparation, storage or handling of food. It shall also include household solid waste materials, tree cuttings, leaves, garden vegetation or other types of trash. It shall not include human or animal feces.
HANDBILL. Any printed, copied or written information placed upon material, distributed to the public through any means of dissemination and that advocates, promotes, endorses, informs, sells, draws attention to, encourages participation in, advertises or in any manner encourages the belief in, participation in, donation to, sale of or position of any idea, expression, belief, product, manufactured good, item for consumption, invention, artifact, service, benefit, gathering, assembly, meeting, viewpoint, position, concert, open-air assembly, gift, donation or any other purpose.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Any waste, combination of wastes or residue resulting from a manufacturing or product preparation process consisting of solid, liquid, contained gaseous or semisolid form which, due to its quantity, concentration physical, chemical or biological characteristics may:
(1) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious, irreversible or incapacitating illness; or
(2) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Such wastes may include, but are not limited to, those which are persistent in nature, assimilated or concentrated in tissue or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat or other means of chemical or physical breakdown. The term does not include solid or dissolved in sewage or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are origination point sources subject to state or federal permits.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any liquid, gaseous, solid or other waste substance, or a combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development of any natural resource.
JUNK. Any material appliance, vehicle, non-consumable household item that is discarded or is in a state of disrepair precluding further use of the item in its normal and ordinary application.
JUNKYARD. Real property that is used to store junk, as defined herein, and includes, but is not limited to, storage of scrap metals, vehicles, parts of vehicles and parts of vehicles for resale.
LITTER. All waste material, including but not limited to, disposable packaging or containers, trash, garbage or refuse, generated as a result of logging, forest product production or farming, which are improperly disposed of and exposed to public view.
NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILL. Any handbill not a commercial handbill.
PERSON. A citizen, resident or visitor to town who is a natural being or any entity created by a state or nation and is recognized at law as state-created entity.
PREMISES. A defined portion of real estate including buildings, portions of buildings, appurtenances, fixtures thereon.
PRIVATE INDUSTRY. Any individual, operation, business entity or organization involved in a manufacturing activity, whether such activity is performed by hand or with machinery.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. Real property whose fee simple absolute interest is held by an individual, business entity or some entity recognized at law as capable of maintaining a fee simple absolute interest in real property and is not a political subdivision or entity of The United States of America, The State of South Carolina, town or the municipalities located in town. This shall include, but is not limited to, yards, grounds, walkways, driveways, entrances and passageways, parking areas, working areas, storage areas, and vacant lots, bodies of water or recreational facilities.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Real property whose fee simple absolute interest is held by a political subdivision or entity of The United States of America, The State of South Carolina, town or the municipalities located in town. This shall include, but is not limited to, streets, roads, rights-of-way, medians, sidewalks, alleys and other public ways, public parking lots, parks, grounds, lots, recreation facilities, waterways, beaches, rivers, bodies of water, or drainage systems.
RECEPTACLE. A watertight container made of any material of equal or greater strength than metal or heavy duty plastic with a tight fitting covering capable of containing the contents from being carried away or deposited by the elements of nature upon any public or private property and used for the storage or disposal of solid waste.
REFUSE. All putrefaction or non-putrescible solid waste (except human or animal body waste) including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, residue collected as a result of street cleaning, dead animals, yard clippings or commercial or industrial solid waste.
RUBBISH. Non-putrescible solid was, consisting of both combustible and non-combustible waste including, but not limited to, paper, cardboard, tin cans, wood, bricks, glass, bedding, crockery, automobiles, household appliances or litter of any other kind.
SALVAGE. Something saved from destruction or waste, including, but not limited to, discarded or damaged materials which is to be put to any further end use.
SALVAGE YARD. Real property used to store materials saved from destruction or waste, including, but not limited to, discarded or damaged materials, which is to be put to further end use.
SANITARY LANDFILL. A method of disposing of solid waste on land without creating environmental damage, nuisance or a hazard to public health and safety.
SCAVENGE. Uncontrolled or unauthorized recovery of discarded solid waste materials.
SOLID WASTE. Garbage, refuse, litter, rubbish or any other waste resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural or household activities not disposable by means of a sewage system operated in accordance with state and federal regulations.
TRASH. Any non-putrescible, combustible or noncombustible item of solid waste that will not fit properly into an approved garbage container.
UNAUTHORIZED ACCUMULATION OF SOLID WASTE. The storage or accumulation on any premises of solid wastes, as defined herein, in such a manner as to create unsanitary conditions, fire hazards, offensive or obnoxious odors, insect breeding places, harboring places for rodents, be a nuisance to the public or in any other way adversely affect the health, safety, sanitation or welfare of the public.
UNSIGHTLY GROWTH. This includes any growth of grass, weeds, or herbaceous or woody plant growth, other than trees or shrubs, that is uncultivated and exceeds 12 inches in length.
(Prior Code, § 8.32.010) (Ord. 2018-02, passed 10-22-2018)