The following words and phrases used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
AGRICULTURAL BURNING: Open burning in rural areas essential to agricultural operations, including the raising of crops, the raising of fowl, animals or bees, when conducted on the premises where occupied.
AIR CONTAMINANT: Any particulate matter or any gas, vapor, suspended solid or any combination thereof, excluding steam and water vapors.
AIR CONTAMINANT SOURCE: Any and all sources of emission of air contaminants whether privately or publicly owned or operated.
AIR POLLUTION: The presence in the ambient air of one or more air contaminants in quantities, or characteristics and under conditions or circumstances, and of a duration sufficient to cause or contribute to injury to human, plant, or animal life or health, or to property or which unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of life or use of property, as determined by the standards, rules and regulations adopted by the State Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality.
APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY: The governing body of any city, town or county.
ATMOSPHERE: The air that envelops or surrounds the earth and includes all spaces outside of buildings, stacks or exterior ducts.
AUTHORIZED LOCAL AUTHORITY: A city, county or combination health department; a city, county or combination fire department; or other local agency duly designated by the appropriate authority, with approval of State Division of Health, as the agency to issue permits for open burning under regulations of the State Division of Health and other lawfully adopted ordinances, codes or regulations not in conflict therewith.
CLEARING INDEX: A number indicating the predicted rate of clearance of ground level pollutants from a given area. This number is calculated by the U.S. Weather Bureau, from daily measurements of temperature lapse rates and wind speeds and directions from ground level to ten thousand feet (10,000').
DIVISION: Utah State Division of Health.
EMISSION: The act of discharging into the atmosphere an air contaminant; or the effluent so discharged into the atmosphere.
GARBAGE: All putrescible animal and vegetable matter resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, including wastes attendant thereto.
HEAVY FUEL OIL: A petroleum product or similar material heavier than diesel fuel.
HOUSEHOLD WASTE: Any solid or liquid material normally generated by a family in a residence in the course of ordinary day to day living; including, but not limited to, garbage, paper products, rags, leaves and garden trash.
OPEN BURNING: The burning of 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, smudge pots and similar devices associated with safety or occupational uses typically considered open flames or recreational fires. For the purpose 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 the escape of exhaust gas are open.
PERSON: Any individual, public or private corporation, partnership, association, firm, trust or estate; the state or any department, institution, bureau, or agency thereof, any municipal corporation, county, city or other political subdivision of the state, or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by the law as being subject to rights and duties.
RECREATIONAL FIRE: An outdoor fire burning materials other than rubbish where the fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, barbecue grill or barbecue pit and has a total fuel area of three feet (3') (914 mm) or less in diameter and two feet (2') (610 mm) or less in height for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth or similar purposes.
REFUSE: Any solid waste, including garbage and trash.
SALVAGE OPERATION: Any business, trade or industry engaged in whole or part in salvaging or reclaiming any product or material; including, but not limited to, metals, chemicals, shipping containers or drums.
TRASH: Solids not considered to be highly flammable or explosive; including, but not limited to, clothing, rags, leathers, plastic, rubber, floor coverings, excelsior, tree leaves, yard trimmings and other similar materials.
WASTE: All solid, liquid or gaseous material; including, but not limited to, garbage, trash, household waste, construction or demolition debris, or other refuse including that resulting from the prosecution of any business trade or industry. (1989 Code § 12-4-1, 11-20-1990; amd. 1997 Code; Ord. 2008-05, 8-5-2008)