As used in Chapter 3745-19 of the Ohio Administrative Code and this chapter.
(a) "Agricultural waste." Any waste material generated by crop, horticultural, or livestock production practices, and includes such items as woody debris and plant matter from stream flooding, bags, cartons, structural materials, and landscape wastes that are generated in agricultural activities, but does not include land clearing waste; buildings (including dismantled/fallen barns); garbage; dead animals; animal waste; motor vehicles and parts thereof; nor economic poisons and containers thereof, unless the manufacturer has identified open burning as a safe disposal procedure.
(b) "Environment poisons." Include but are not restricted to pesticides such as insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, matricides, nematodes and fumigants; herbicides; seed disinfectants; and defoliants.
(c) "Garbage." Any waste material resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or food products.
(d) "Land clearing waste." Plant waste material which is removed from land, including plant waste material removed from stream banks during projects involving more than one property owner, for the purpose of rendering the land useful for residential, commercial, or industrial development. "Land clearing waste" also includes the plant waste material generated during the clearing of land for new agricultural development.
(e) "Landscaping waste." Any plant waste material, except garbage, including trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery, yard trimmings, and crop residues.
(f) "Ohio EPA." The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director or agencies delegated authority by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to R.C. § 3704.03 or the Chief of any Ohio Environmental Protection Agency District Office.
(g) "Open burning." The burning of any materials wherein air contaminants resulting from combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney. Open burning includes the burning of any refuse or salvageable material in any device not subject to or designed specifically to comply with the requirements of O.A.C. 3745-17-09 or O.A.C. 3745-17-10.
(h) "Residential waste." Any waste material, including landscape waste, generated on the property of a one, two or three family residence as a result of residential activities, but not including garbage, rubber, grease, asphalt, liquid petroleum products, or plastics.
(i) "Restricted area." The area within the boundary of the municipality, plus a zone extending 1,000 feet beyond the boundaries of a municipality having a population of 1,000 to 10,000 persons and a zone extending one mile beyond any municipality having a population of 10,000 persons or more according to the latest federal census.
(j) "Unrestricted area." All areas outside the boundaries of a restricted area as defined in this section.
(Ord. 1882. Passed 9-19-22.)