For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. The County Board of Commissioners or its authorized representatives.
CONTAINER SITE. The area immediately surrounding a container.
CONTAINERS. Sanitary receptacles for the receipt of refuse to be located at various convenient pickup points throughout the county.
COUNTY. The areas which are under the jurisdiction of the County Health Officer, and situated outside the corporate limits of any city or town.
GARBAGE. Rejected food wastes, including every waste accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter used or intended for food, or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables.
GROUNDWATER. Water in the ground that is in the zone of saturation.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Includes, but is not limited to, explosives, pathological wastes, radioactive materials, and chemicals.
HEALTH OFFICER. The County Health Officer or his or her authorized representatives.
PERSON. Any person, firm, corporation, or association.
PUBLIC DISPOSAL. Disposal of refuse which has been removed from the premises used, owned, or leased by one or more persons, firms, corporations, or associations, and transported to other premises and disposed either with or without the payment of a fee.
REFUSE. Any combination of garbage and rubbish.
REFUSE VEHICLE. Any vehicle utilized for the transportation of refuse.
RUBBISH. Such matter as ashes, cans, metalware, broken glass, crockery, dirt, sweepings, boxes, wood, grass, weeds, or litter of any kind.
SALVAGING. The controlled removal of reusable materials.
SANITARY LANDFILL. A method of disposing of refuse on land without creating nuisances or hazards to public health or safety, by utilizing principles of engineering to confine the refuse to the smallest practical area, to reduce it to the smallest practical volume, and to cover it with a compacted layer of suitable cover material at the conclusion of each day, and at more frequent intervals as necessary.
SCAVENGING. The uncontrolled picking of materials.
SURFACE WATER. Any body of water whose top surface is exposed to the atmosphere, including a flowing body as well as a pond and lake.
(Ord. 1989-4, passed 3-20-1989)