All terms which appear in this chapter have the definitions specified in this section:
AGRICULTURAL WASTES: Any refuse except garbage and dead animals generated on a farm by crop and livestock production practices including such items as bags, cartons, dry bedding, structural materials and crop residues, but excluding landscape wastes.
GARBAGE: Refuse resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or food products.
LANDSCAPE WASTE: Any vegetable or plant refuse, except garbage and agricultural waste. The term includes trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery and yard trimmings.
OPEN BURNING: The combustion of any matter in such a way that the products of the combustion are emitted to the open air without originating in or passing through equipment for which a permit could be issued under section 9(b) of the environmental protection act of the state of Illinois 1 .
REFUSE: Any discarded matter, or any matter which is to be reduced in volume or otherwise changed in chemical or physical properties, in order to facilitate its discard, removal or disposal.
RESIDENTIAL WASTE: Any refuse generated on single-family or multi-family residential property as a result of residential activities. The term excludes "landscape waste", "garbage" and "trade waste".
TRADE WASTE: Any refuse resulting from the operation of any trade, business, industry, commercial venture, utility or service activity, and any governmental or institutional activity, whether or not for profit. The term includes "landscape waste" but excludes "agricultural waste". (Ord. 17-95, 9-5-1995)
Notes
| 1 | 2. 415 ILCS 5/9(b). |