§ 62-431. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Junk includes old, used or scrap metal, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, tires, debris, waste, or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof; old building materials; lumber; roofing shingles; or essentially similar items.

Junk automobile means a vehicle without current license tag or which is not moved or subject to physical repair or restoration for a period in excess of 45 days.

Litter means all waste materials including, but not limited to, disposable packages or containers, trash, garbage or refuse.

Litter receptacle means those containers adopted by the department of health and environmental control which may be standardized as to size, shape, capacity and color and which may bear a city logo, as well as any other receptacle suitable for the depositing of litter.

Open dump means a land disposal site for solid waste which does not qualify for a sanitary landfill.

Person means an individual, partnership, co-partnership, cooperative, firm, company, public or private corporation, political subdivision, agency of the state, trust, estate, joint structure company or any other legal entity or its legal representative, agent or assigns.

Public place means any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned and operated by public or private interest.

Solid waste means any garbage, refuse or sludge from a waste treatment facility, water supply plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials resulting from the industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations and from community activities. The term "solid waste" does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials from irrigation return flows, or industrial discharges, which are point sources subject to NPDES permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended or the pollution control acts of the state, as amended, or source, special nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Vehicle means every device capable of being moved upon a public highway and in, upon or by which any personal property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(Ord. No. 07-12, § 1, 8-27-2007)