For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL HAULER. A person who hauls refuse for a fee.
COUNTY. Those 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, fowl, fruit or vegetables.
GROUND WATER. Water in the ground that is in the zone of saturation.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Shall include, but is not limited to, explosives, pathological wastes, radioactive materials and chemicals.
HEALTH OFFICER. The Tippecanoe County Health Officer, or his authorized representative.
PUBLIC DISPOSAL. Shall mean and relate to disposal or refuse which has been removed from premises used, owned, or leased by one or more persons, firms, corporations, or associations, and transported to other premises and disposed of either with, or without, the payment of a fee.
REFUSE. Any combination of garbage and rubbish.
RUBBISH. Such matter as ashes, cans, metalware, junked automobiles, used appliances, used furniture, broken glass, crockery, 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 volume, and to cover the refuse deposited each day with a compacted layer of suitable cover material at the conclusion of each working day
(and at more frequent intervals if necessary).
SCAVENGING. The uncontrolled picking of materials.
SURFACE WATER. A body of water whose top surface is exposed to the atmosphere including a flowing body as well as a pond and a lake.
(Ord. 76-19, passed 6-14-76)