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SEC. 18-55.   DEFINITIONS.
   In this article:
      (1)   CITY means the city of Dallas, Texas.
      (2)   DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article, and includes the director's authorized representatives.
      (3)   MANIFEST means a tracking mechanism to monitor the transfer of tires from the point of generation to their end-use or final destination, such as a tire storage site, scrap tire facility, permitted landfill, or land reclamation project using tires. The manifest is a five-part form whose format and content is prescribed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
      (4)   MOBILE TIRE REPAIR BUSINESS means a business that repairs tires at any temporary location, including but not limited to a roadway, alley, parking lot, or residence. The term does not include a business that only changes out or replaces tires, but does not make any repairs to a tire.
      (5)   MOBILE TIRE REPAIR UNIT means any vehicle used in a mobile tire repair business.
      (6)   SCRAP TIRE means a whole tire or any portion of a tire that:
         (A)   can no longer be used for its original intended purpose; or
         (B)   is being held, transported, or processed for disposal or recycling.
      (7)   SCRAP TIRE GENERATOR means a fleet operator, an automotive dismantler, or a retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer, recapper, or retreader of new or used tires.
      (8)   SCRAP TIRE TRANSPORTER means any business or person who transports more than six scrap tires at any one time or is loading or unloading scrap tires to or from any location within the city.
      (9)   TIRE BUSINESS means any business or establishment where used tires are collected, repaired, processed, recycled, scrapped, sold, bought, or stored, including but not limited to a mobile tire repair business and a salvage yard.
      (10)   TIRE RECYCLING FACILITY means a state-registered facility that processes, recycles, or conducts energy recovery with scrap tires.
      (11)   VEHICLE means any motorized vehicle and any non-motorized trailer that is or may be attached to a motorized vehicle. If a trailer is attached to a motorized vehicle, both the trailer and the motorized vehicle will be considered as one vehicle. (Ord. Nos. 25635; 32334)