For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING MATERIAL SCRAP. Shall include, but not be limited to, excavated earth, tree stumps, rocks, gravel, bricks, plaster, concrete, lumber, any other similar material, and the containers or wrappings therefrom, used in the construction, destruction, reconstruction, remodeling or repair of a building, walkway, driveway, sign or other structure.
CITY. The incorporated area of the City of Eden.
COMMERCIAL CONTAINER. Any four-, six- or eight cubic yard container as approved by the city.
CONTAINERIZED. Yard rubbish and yard trash that has been placed in a box, garbage can or plastic bag.
CONTRACTOR. Any person undertaking, for a valuable consideration, to do any work on the property of any person or owner.
DISPOSAL. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste into or on any land so that such solid waste, or any constituent thereof, may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or be discharged into any water, including ground waters.
GARBAGE. All food waste, and all cans, glassware, crockery, bags, boxes and other containers in which any such matter has been kept or stored.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. A solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, that, because of quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or in serious irreversible or incapacitating invertible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment, when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Solid waste generated from processing plants, factories or manufacturing operations that is not hazardous waste.
LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS. Solid waste generated from land clearing activities, such as stumps, tree limbs, brush, concrete, brick, concrete block, uncontaminated soil, gravel, rock, untreated and unpainted wood, and yard rubbish.
OWNER. Any person actually owning, having legal control over or legal possession of the property, including but not limited to, life tenants and lessees.
PERSON. An individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, unit of local government, authority, state agency, federal agency or other legal entity.
PROPERTY. Any lot, parcel or tract of land in the city.
RECYCLING. The process by which recovered resources are transformed into new products in such a manner that the original products lose their identity.
REFUSE. All trash, debris, floor sweepings, containers and wrappings for merchandise, ashes, cinders and other matter, except garbage, building material scraps, industrial waste, yard rubbish and trash, and other matter as defined in this chapter.
SCRAP WOOD WASTE. All wood waste deriving from the construction, destruction, remodeling or stockpiling of treated or untreated wood and structural material, including building material scraps or similar material.
SERVICE AREA. The incorporated areas within the city.
SOLID WASTE. Any SOLID WASTE, as defined in Chapter BOA of the General Statutes of North Carolina, resulting from the operation of residential, commercial, industrial, federal, state, special district, other governmental or institutional establishments that would normally be collected, processed and disposed of through a public or private solid waste management service; but does not include hazardous waste or SOLID WASTE from mining or agricultural operations, as defined in Chapter 130A of the North Carolina General Statutes.
(1) BULK WASTE. Waste that, because of its characterization, requires special handling for collection, recycling and/or disposal.
(2) BULK YARD WASTE. Trees, sections of tree trunks, roots, and tree limbs, leaves deriving from the natural growth of trees, shrubbery, weeds or other plants exceeding six inches in length.
(3) FINE YARD WASTE. Leaves, grass trimmings and other trimmings deriving from natural growth of trees or other vegetative growth not exceeding six inches in length, excluding dirt, rock or any other non vegetative waste.
(4) RESTRICTED WASTE. Waste that, because of its nature, cannot be disposed of in a sanitary landfill and requires special methods for collection or disposal.
(1989 Code, §§ 12-1, 12-26) (Am. Ord. passed 8-30-94; Am. Ord. passed 6-21-05)