Values specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have in common usage used so as to give this chapter its most reasonable application:
BURNING PERMIT: The burning permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
CHIEF: The duly appointed chief of the Glenns Ferry fire department. "Fire chief", for the purposes of this chapter, may also mean any representative designated by the fire chief to fulfill any function under this chapter.
COUNCIL: The mayor and council of Glenns Ferry.
FIELD BURNING: The open burning of plant residue grown on the premises as part of a recognized cropping practice.
HAZARDOUS WASTES: Wastes determined to be hazardous by the United States environmental protection agency.
OFFICER: As referred to under the definition of "police chief" above.
OPEN BURNING: The burning of any matter in such a manner that the products of combustion resulting from the burning are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack, duct or chimney.
OWNER OR OCCUPANT: Every person in possession, charge or in control of any dwelling, flat, rooming house, apartment house, hospital, school, hotel, restaurant, boarding house, or any eating shop, place of business, manufacturing or business establishment where solid waste is created or accumulated.
PERSON: Any person, partnership, association, institution or corporation, and in the plural as well as singular.
POLICE CHIEF: The duly appointed chief of the Glenns Ferry police department or other duly authorized officer of Glenns Ferry having the duty of the enforcement of these regulations.
PREMISES: Any dwellings, flats, apartments, rooming houses, shops and places of business or any other building or structure.
RESIDENCE: The place of dwelling of one head of family and his/her dependents or roommates.
SOLID WASTE: Any and all trash or litter associated with the construction or demolition of buildings, to include paper, cardboard, wood scraps, shingles, concrete; and such waste materials of an inert nature such as ashes, plastics, metals, cinders, tires, appliances, or tree parts; and those items, including liquids, which by their nature are noxious, odoriferous or are subject to the development of bacteria, virus or other hazards to health, including waste accumulations of animal or vegetable matter, and including waste that attends the preparation, use, serving, cooking, dealing in, or storing of meats, fish, fowl, fruits and vegetables. The term "solid waste" does not include sewage, human body waste or hazardous wastes as determined by the United States environmental protection agency.
SPECIFICATIONS: The requirements pertaining to collectable waste management established from time to time by the council on recommendation of the police chief and/or the fire chief.
STREET OR ALLEY: A right of way which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties, the dedication of which the council has accepted by official action. It shall include the terms street, highway, thoroughfare, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place and other such terms. (Ord. 432, 4-23-1997, eff. 6-1-1997)