§ 54-20. Definitions.

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

Dump means to throw, discard, place, deposit, discharge, burn, or dispose of a substance.

Litter means all discarded sand, gravel, slag, brickbats, rubbish, waste material, tin cans, refuse, garbage, trash, debris, dead animals or other discarded materials of every kind and description which are not waste as such term is defined herein.

Public or private property means the right-of-way of any road or highway; any body of water or watercourse; any park, playground, building, refuge, or conservation or recreation area; and residential or farm properties, timberlines, or forests.

Scrap tire carrier means any person engaged in picking up or transporting scrap tires not otherwise exempted under O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22 for the purpose of removal to scrap tire processor, end user, or disposal facility.

Scrap tire generator means any person who generates scrap tires as defined in the O.C.G.A. § 12-8-22.

Scrap tires means all tires, which are no longer suitable for their original intended purpose because of wear, damage or defect.

Tire retailer means any person engaged in the business of selling new replacement tires.

Waste means all discarded substances and material or any such substance, biomedical waste, hazardous waste, or material dumped for commercial purposes with the exception of animal byproducts. The term "waste" includes without imitations, bottles, boxes, containers, papers, tobacco products, tires, appliances, mechanical equipment or parts, building or construction materials, tools, machinery, wood, motor vehicles and motor vehicles parts, vessels, aircraft equipment, waste oil, batteries, antifreeze, and any other discarded material or substance of every kind and description resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial mining, or governmental operations, including household, commercial, construction and demolition waste, or industrial solid waste is not hazardous, nonmedical, and in a form classified as solid waste by the state department of natural resources.

(Ord. of 8-26-2002(2), § I)