Definitions set forth in Section 1610.02 are hereby incorporated herein fully by reference. As used in this Fire Prevention Code, the following terms are defined as follows:
(a) "Agricultural waste" means 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; 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) "Economic poisons" include but are not restricted to pesticides such as insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, miticides, nematocides and fumigants; herbicides; seed disinfectants; and defoliants.
(c) "Emergency burning" means the burning of clean wood waste or deceased animals caused by a natural disaster or an uncontrolled event such as the following:
(1) A tornado.
(2) High winds.
(3) An earthquake.
(4) An explosion.
(5) A flood.
(6) A hail storm, a rain storm, or an ice storm.
(d) "Garbage" means any waste material resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or food products.
(e) "Land clearing waste" means plant waste material which is removed from land, including plant waste material removed from stream banks, 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.
(f) "Landscape waste" means any plant waste material, except garbage, including trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery, yard trimmings, and crop residues.
(g) "Ohio EPA" means the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director or agencies delegated authority by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3704.03 or the Chief of any Ohio Environmental Protection Agency District Office.
(h) "Open burning" means the burning of any materials wherein products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney from an enclosed chamber. Open burning does not include road flares, smudgepots, chimneas and/or similar devices associated with safety or occupational uses typically considered open flames or recreational fires. For the purposes of this definition, a chamber shall be regarded as enclosed when, during the time combustion occurs, only apertures, ducts, stacks, flues or chimneys necessary to provide combustion air and permit escape of exhaust gas are open.
(i) "Recreational Fire" means: an outdoor fire burning materials other than rubbish where the fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, chimnea, barbecue grill or barbecue pit and has a total fuel area of 3 feet (914 mm) or less in diameter and 2 feet (610mm) or less in height for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth or similar purposes.
(j) "Residential waste" means any waste material, including landscape wastes, generated on a one-, two- or three-family residence as a result of residential activities, but not including garbage.
(Ord. 07-79.Passed 7-3-07.)