For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DISPOSAL PACKAGE OR CONTAINER. All packages or containers defined as such by rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See S.C. Code §§ 44-67-10 et seq. (1976).
LITTER. All waste materials including, but not limited to, disposable packages or containers, trash, garbage, or refuse.
LITTER RECEPTACLE. Those containers adopted by the Department of Health and Environmental Control which may be standardized as to size, shape, capacity, and color and which may bear a state or town anti-litter symbol, as well as any other receptacle suitable for the depositing of litter.
OWNER. Includes any person owning or having title, possession, or control over real property including, but not limited to, landholders, landlords, tenants, proprietors, and business operators.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, company, contractor, subcontractor, developer, cooperative, corporation, firm, landlord, tenant, proprietor, owner, political subdivision, sub-development, state or town agency, trust, estate, joint venture, or any other legal entity or its legal representative, agent, or assigns.
(Ord. 2012-12, passed 10-18-2012)