(a) The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them by this section:
(1) "Backyard Compost Site" means a site no greater than four (4) cubic yards used to compost food scraps, garden wastes, weeds, lawn cuttings, leaves, and prunings from a single family or household with the intention of using the resulting compost on-site.
(2) "Composting" means the controlled microbial degradation of source separated compostable material to yield a humus-like product or mulch to be used as a soil amendment.
(3) "Invasive Plants" are terrestrial plant species that have a high probability of becoming serious problems on the landscape if not managed correctly. Although an invasive plant is generally not regulated in Ohio until it becomes classified as a noxious weed, extreme care and consideration should be taken to ensure that these species do not spread across the landscape.
(4) "Non-Recyclable Paper" means paper products that are food-soiled or contain fibers too short for recycling. Examples include but are not limited to: paper plates, paper towels and napkins, facial tissue and tissue paper.
(5) "Poultry Litter" (Applicable Only to Open Space District) means bedding material, such as wood shavings, sawdust, or straw, that has been used in a chicken coop or broiler house floor and consists mostly of the bedding material, poultry manure, feathers and spilled feed.
(6) "Food Scraps" means limited organic waste material such as fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags, egg shells and breads, resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
(7) "Local Authority" means the Village of Granville and its officers, agents and administrators.
(8) "Mixed Municipal Solid Waste" means garbage, refuse and other solid waste from residential, commercial and community activities that the generator of the waste aggregates for trash collection.
(9) "Noxious Weeds" means an annual, biennial, or perennial plant that the Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture designates to be injurious to public health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock, or other property.
(10) "Organic Material" means yard waste, food scraps and compostable plastics meeting ASTM D6400 or ASTM D6868. It also includes community available compost ingredients.
(11) "Responsible Party for Composting Activities" means a person identified as the operator of a small compost site.
(12) "Small Compost Site" means a compost site where food scraps, yard waste, poultry litter generated on site only if the compost produced is used on site, non-recyclable paper, and compostable plastics meeting ASTM D6400 or ASTM D6868 can be composted so long as the volume of all materials on site (feedstock, composting material and curing compost) is less than sixty (60) cubic yards.
(13) "Source Separated Organics" means organic material that is separated from mixed municipal solid waste at the source by the waste generators for the purpose of composting.
(14) "Yard Waste" means garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, non-regulated weeds, shrub and tree waste and prunings and twigs.
(Ord. 12-2019. Passed 7-17-19.)