CHAPTER 251 – DEFINITIONS

251.01   Title and Distribution

251.02   Air Cleaning Equipment

251.03   Air Contaminant

251.04   Air Pollution

251.05   Ambient Air

251.06   Ambient Air Quality Standards

251.07   AGA

251.08   ASME

251.09   ASTM

251.10   Appeals Board

251.11   Architectural Coating

251.12   Asbestos

251.13   Atmosphere

251.14   Best Available Control Technology

251.15   Blast Furnace

251.16   Boiler

251.17   BTU or British Thermal Unit

251.18   Clean Air Act

251.19   Commenced

251.20   Commissioner

251.21   Compliance Schedule

251.22   Control Equipment

251.23   Criteria Pollutant

251.24   Effluent Water Separator

251.25   Emission

251.26   Existing Source

251.27   Fuel

251.28   Fuel-Burning Equipment

251.29   Fuel-Burning Equipment Input Capacity

251.30   Fugitive Emissions

251.31   Incinerator

251.32   Install or Installation

251.33   Liquid Organic Material

251.34   Major Source

251.35   Minor Source

251.36   Mobile Source

251.37   Modify or Modification

251.38   New Source

251.39   Odor

251.40   OEPA

251.41   Opacity

251.42   Open Burning

251.43   Organic Material

251.44   Organic Solvent

251.45   Owner or Operator

251.46   Particulate Matter

251.47   Person

251.48   Petroleum Cracking

251.49   Photochemically Reactive Material

251.50   Process Equipment

251.51   Process Weight

251.52   Process Weight Per Hour

251.53   Refuse

251.54   Ringelmann Chart

251.55   Seal

251.56   Significant Source

251.57   Smoke

251.58   Source

251.59   Source Operation

251.60   Stack

251.61   Standard Conditions

251.62   Stationary Source

251.63   Submerged Fill Pipe

251.64   Uncontrolled Mass Rate of Emission

251.65   Unit Operation

251.66   Unit Process

251.67   Vapor Blowdown System

251.68   Visible Emission

251.69   Volatile Photochemically Reactive Material

251.70   Waste Gas Flare

251.71   Transfer Operations

Cross-reference:
   By-product coke plant defined, CO 277.03
   Hazardous air pollutants defined, CO Ch. 281
   Rendering plant defined, CO 267.02
   Timely defined, CO 255.03

Statutory reference:
   State definitions, RC 3704.01

§ 251.01 Title and Distribution

   This part of the Codified Ordinances shall be known as the “Air Pollution Code” and may be separately printed and distributed. The term “this Code” wherever used in this Title Five means the Air Pollution Code of the City of Cleveland.

(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)

§ 251.02 Air Cleaning Equipment

   “Air cleaning equipment” means any control equipment which removes, reduces or renders less noxious air contaminants discharged into the atmosphere.

(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)

§ 251.03 Air Contaminant

   “Air contaminant” means any smoke, vapors (except water vapor), charred paper, dust, soot, grim, carbon fumes, gases, mist (except uncombined water), odors, particulate matter, radioactive materials, noxious chemicals or any other material which is discharged directly or indirectly into the atmosphere.

(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)

§ 251.04 Air Pollution

   “Air pollution” means the presence in the atmosphere of one (1) or more air contaminants, such as dust, fumes, gas, mist, odor, smoke or vapor in quantities, of characteristics and of duration such as to be injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property, or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property or the conduct of business.

(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)

§ 251.05 Ambient Air

   “Ambient air” means that portion of the atmosphere outside of buildings and other enclosures, stacks or ducts which surrounds human, plant or animal life or property.

(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)

§ 251.06 Ambient Air Quality Standards

   “Ambient air quality standards” mean ambient air quality goals expressed numerically and intended to be attained and maintained in a stated time through the application of appropriate preventive or control measures.

(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)