For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPROVED INCINERATORS. Any incinerator for which a current permit has been granted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Any container used as a burning barrel or other similar device shall not be considered to be an approved incinerator.
BURNING BARREL. Any barrel, receptacle or container used to burn trash, garbage, refuse or waste and not constituting an approved incinerator.
CAMPFIRE. A small outdoor fire intended for recreation or cooking but not including a fire intended for disposal of waste wood or refuse.
CLEAN WOOD. Natural wood which has not been painted, varnished or coated with a similar material; has not been pressure treated with preservatives; and does not contain resins or glues as in plywood or other composite wood products.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE. Building waste materials, including but not limited to waste shingles, insulation, lumber, treated wood, painted wood, wiring, plastics, packaging, and rubble that results from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition operations on a house, commercial or industrial building, or other structure.
LANDSCAPE WASTE. Any vegetable or plant refuse, including weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery, yard trimmings and tree limbs, but not to include garbage, agricultural waste, refuse, trash or other waste.
OPEN BURNING. Kindling or maintaining a fire where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing tlu.ough a stack or a chinmey. This includes burning in a burn barrel.
OUTDOOR BURNING. Open burning or burning in an outdoor wood furnace or patio wood-burning unit.
OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE. Also known as an outdoor wood-fired boiler, outdoor woodburning appliance, or hydronic heater, means a fuel-burning device that is designed to burn clean wood or other approved solid fuels and is not located within a building intended for habitation by humans or domestic animals; and heats building space and/or water through the distribution, typically through pipes, of a fluid heated in the device, typically water or a mixture of water and antifreeze.
PATIO WOOD-BURNING UNIT. A chimnea, patio warmer, or other portable woodburning device used for outdoor recreation and/or heating.
REFUSE. Any waste material except trees, logs, brush, stumps, leaves, grass clippings, and other vegetative matter.
(Ord. 4036, passed 12-14-20)