As used in Chapter 3745-19 of the Ohio Administrative Code and this chapter:
(a) "Agricultural waste" means any matter 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; 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) "Garbage" means any matter resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or food products.
(d) "Landscape waste" means any plant matter, except garbage, including trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery, yard trimmings and crop residues.
(e) "Land clearing waste" means plant matter which is removed from land, including plant matter 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.
(f) "Ohio EPA" means the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director or agencies delegated authority by such Director pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3704.03 or the Chief of any Ohio Environmental Protection Agency district office.
(g) "Open burning" means 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 Ohio Administrative Code 3745-17-09 or 3745-17-10.
(h) "Residential waste" means any matter, including landscape wastes, generated on a one-, two- or three-family residence as a result of residential activities, but not including garbage.
(i) "Restricted area" means the area within the boundary of any municipal corporation established in accordance with the provisions of Title 7 of the Ohio Revised Code, plus a zone extending 1,000 feet beyond the boundaries of any such municipal corporation having a population of 1,000 to 10,000 persons and a zone extending one mile beyond any such municipal corporation having a population of 10,000 persons or more according to the latest federal census.
(j) "Unrestricted area" means all areas outside the boundaries of a restricted area as defined in subsection (i) hereof.
(k) "Bonfire" means an outdoor fire utilized for ceremonial purposes.
(l) "Campfire" means a small outdoor fire intended for recreation or cooking but not including a fire intended for disposal of waste wood or refuse.
(m) "Clean wood" means 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.
(n) "Construction and demolition waste" means 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.
(o) "Fire Chief" means the Chief of the St. Bernard Fire Department or other person designated by the Fire Chief.
(p) "Municipality" means a county, township, city, or village.
(q) "Outdoor burning" means open burning or burning in an outdoor wood-fired boiler or patio wood burning unit.
(r) "Open burning" means kindling or maintaining a fire where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or a chimney. This includes burning in a burn barrel.
(s) "Outdoor wood-fired boiler" means a wood-fired boiler, stove or furnace that is not located within a building intended for habitation by humans or domestic animals
(t) "Patio wood-burning unit" means a chimnea, patio warmer, or other portable wood-burning device used for outdoor recreation and/or heating.
(u) "Refuse" means any waste material except trees, logs, brush, stumps, leaves, grass clippings, and other vegetative matter.
(Ord. 22-2007. Passed 5-17-07.)
(Ord. 22-2007. Passed 5-17-07.)