§ 9-19. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article and subsequent amendments or any orders issued by the county, the words or phrases shall have the meaning given them in this section.

Automobile graveyard means any lot or place which is exposed to the weather and upon which more than five (5) motor vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated, and which it would not be economically practical to make operative, are placed, located or found.

Clean burning waste means waste which does not produce dense smoke when burned and is not prohibited to be burned under this article.

Construction waste means solid waste which is produced or generated during construction of structures. Construction waste consists of lumber, wire, sheetrock, broken brick, shingles, glass, pipes, concrete, and metal and plastics if the metal or plastics are a part of the materials of construction or empty containers for such materials. Paints, coatings, solvents, asbestos, any liquid, compressed gases or semi-liquids, and garbage are not construction wastes and the disposal of such materials must be in accordance with the regulations of the Virginia Waste Management Board.

Debris waste means stumps, wood, brush, and leaves from land clearing operations.

Demolition waste means that solid waste which is produced by the destruction of structures and their foundations and includes the same materials as construction waste.

Garbage means rotting animal and vegetable matter accumulated by a household in the course of ordinary day-to-day living.

Hazardous waste means refuse or combination of refuse which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:

(1)

Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating illness; or

(2)

Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed, or otherwise managed.

Household refuse means waste material and trash normally accumulated by a household in the course of ordinary day-to-day living.

Industrial waste means all waste generated on the premises of manufacturing and industrial operations such as, but not limited to, those carried on in factories, processing plants, refineries, slaughter houses, and steel mills.

Junkyard means an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.

Landfill means a sanitary landfill, an industrial waste landfill, or a construction/demolition/debris landfill. See Virginia Solid Waste Management Regulations (VR 672-20-10) for further definitions of these terms.

Local landfill means any landfill located within the jurisdiction of a local government.

Open burning means the burning of any matter in such a manner that the products resulting from combustion are emitted directly into the atmosphere without passing through a stack, duct or chimney.

Open pit incinerator means a device used to burn waste for the primary purpose of reducing the volume by removing combustible matter. Such devices function by directing a curtain of air at an angle across the top of a trench or similarly enclosed space, thus reducing the amount of combustion by-products emitted into the atmosphere. The term also includes trench burners, air curtain destructors and overdraft incinerators.

Refuse means trash, rubbish, garbage and other forms of solid or liquid waste, including, but not limited to, wastes resulting from residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial, institutional, trade, construction, landclearing, forest management and emergency operations.

Salvage operation means any operation consisting of a business, trade or industry participating in salvaging or reclaiming any product or material, such as, but not limited to, reprocessing of used motor oils, metals, chemicals, shipping containers or drums, and specifically including automobile graveyards and junkyards.

Sanitary landfill means an engineered land burial facility for the disposal of household waste which is so located, designed, constructed, and operated to contain and isolate the waste so that it does not pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment. A sanitary landfill also may receive other types of solid wastes, such as commercial solid waste, nonhazardous sludge, hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small quantity generators, and non hazardous industrial solid waste. See Virginia Solid Waste Management Regulations (VR 672-20-10) for further definitions of these terms.

Smoke means small gas-borne particulate matter consisting mostly, but not exclusively, of carbon, ash and other material in concentrations sufficient to form a visible plume.

Special incineration device means a pit incinerator, conical or teepee burner, or any other device specifically designed to provide good combustion performance.

(Ord. No. 97-3, 3-4-97)

(Ord. No. 97-3, 3-4-97)