For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL. The Mayor, authorized under the South Dakota Codified Laws as the chief elected or presiding official of the governing board of the city.
COMMERCIAL GARBAGE HAULER. Any individual, corporation, organization or business that collects or transports any type of solid waste for other parties. Entities which transport their own solid waste and entities which transport waste solely for reuse or recycling but not for disposal are not included in this definition.
COMMERCIAL GARBAGE HAULER LICENSE or LICENSE. A license required of commercial garbage haulers by the county, as established in Lincoln County Ordinance 9603-02.
SOLID WASTE. Any garbage; refuse; sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility; and other discarded materials, including solid liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include mining waste in connection with a mine permitted under SDCL Title 45; hazardous waste, as defined under SDCL Chapter 34A-11; solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or dissolved material in irrigation return flows; or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, § 402, being 33 U.S.C. § 1342, as amended to January 1, 1989, or source, special nuclear or by-product material, as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq., as amended to January 1, 1989.
(Ord. 2014-267-2, passed 2-24-2014)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 34A-6-1.3