For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section.

Collection. Removal of solid waste from its place of origin or storage to a transportation vehicle.

Collection vehicle. Any vehicle used to collect or transport solid waste.

Collector. any person engaged in the business of the collection and transportation of solid waste.

Commercial/business waste. Solid waste emanating from establishments engaged in business. This category includes but is not limited to solid waste resulting from such establishments as stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, shopping centers, theaters and waste from households that are not eligible for the county's residential waste collection service.

Compacted refuse. Refuse or waste which has been reduced in volume by mechanical or hydraulic means and remains in this state of reduced volume until deposited at a disposal facility.

Construction, clearing and/or demolition debris. The waste building material, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, land clearing, remodeling, repair and demolition operations on pavements, houses, vacant land, commercial buildings and other structures.

County administrator. The county administrator of York County, Virginia, or his authorized designee.

Disposal facility. Any site used for the disposal of solid waste including but not limited to transfer stations, resource recovery complexes, recycling centers, sanitary landfills, drop-off convenience centers, and composting plants.

Foreign growth. Any plant or grouping or mass of plants, including grass and weeds, whether or not indigenous.

Garbage. Putrescible animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food.

Hazardous waste. Solid waste which because of its inherent nature and/or qualities re-quires special handling during disposal to avoid creating environmental damage or hazards to public health or safety or landfill operations. Hazardous waste includes but is not limited to such items as petroleum waste, paints, plastics, explosives, acids, caustics, chemicals, poisons, drugs, radioactive materials, asbestos fibers, imported wool fibers, pathogenic wastes from hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, clinics and veterinary hospitals, waste from slaughterhouses, poultry processing plants and the like. (Residential solid waste normally contains some hazardous materials but because such materials are usually present in very small quantities their safe disposal either in a sanitary landfill or incinerator presents no special problem. Therefore, residential waste is not considered to be hazardous within the meaning of hazardous waste as used in this chapter.)

Household waste. See "residential/household waste."

Industrial waste. All solid waste resulting from manufacturing and industrial processes such as, but not limited to, those carried on in factories, processing plants and slaughter-houses.

Institutional/governmental waste. Solid waste resulting from operations or activities of the Commonwealth of Virginia, its political subdivisions or agencies of the United States government.

Mixed Paper. Paper accepted for recycling that includes but is not limited to bond paper, computer paper, magazines, catalogs, bulk mailings, telephone and other directories, single layer cardboard, box board, and similar kinds of material.

Occupant. The person who resides on premises as owner or tenant.

Open dump. An unregulated disposal site that is operated without the required compaction and cover.

Refuse. All solid waste of a community.

Residential/household waste. Solid waste resulting from single detached family homes or condominiums, apartments, townhouses, trailers or duplexes.

Sanitary landfill. A land site on which engineering principles are utilized to bury deposits of solid waste without creating nuisances or hazards to public health or safety.

Solid waste. As defined in 9 VAC 20-80-140 of the Solid Waste Management Regulations, Department of Environmental Quality, Commonwealth of Virginia.

Transfer Station. Any solid waste storage or collection facility at which solid waste is transferred from collection vehicles to haulage vehicles for transportation to a central solid waste management facility for disposal, incineration or resource recovery.

Transportation. The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection to a disposal facility.

Trash. Any and all rubbish, cans, bottles, containers, plastic, paper, cardboard or other discarded material of an inorganic nature.

Unacceptable Waste: shall mean those types of Solid Waste prohibited by Chapter 19, York County Code, as in effect of the date of this Agreement, from being transferred at a County-operated Disposal Facility including, but not limited to waste, in any amount, which is defined, characterized or designated as hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate state agency by or pursuant to federal or state law; biomedical waste; or any other waste which by its nature, characteristic or quantity cannot lawfully be disposed at a permitted sanitary landfill without special handling. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term Unacceptable Waste shall also include batteries, tires, gasoline, paint and paint cans (except empty paint cans). Unacceptable Waste shall also specifically include, but not be limited to special and restricted waste as follows:

(a) Special Waste: to include any solid, liquid, semi-solid, gaseous material and associated containers generated as a direct or indirect result of a manufacturing process or from the removal of contaminant(s) from the air, water or land. Examples include, but are not limited to:

     (1) Asbestos waste

     (2) Compressed gas cylinders

     (3) Contaminated food products and fabrics requiring supervised disposal

     (4) Contaminated soils resulting from the removal of underground storage tanks (UST)

     (5) Discarded chemicals and pesticides (not regulated as hazardous waste)

     (6) Materials from a hazardous waste incident clean-up

     (7) Hazardous wastes generated by small quantity generators

     (8) Incinerator ash

     (9) Industrial process waste

     (10) Infectious waste

     (11) Low specific activity radioactive wastes

     (12) Oil spill clean-up

     (13) Outdated products

     (14) Pesticide containers

(b) Restricted Waste including:

     (1) Tree limbs, logs, stumps or wood products larger than 6" in diameter and 6' in length

     (2) Heating boilers (cast iron or tube type) or iron rods and steel pipe over 6' long

     (3) Automotive engine blocks

     (4) Automobile or truck frames or trailers

     (5) Large rolls or wire such as telephone, cable TV, electrical or guy wire

    (6) Building or land clearing debris from commercial enterprises, unless permitted by the County Code

     (7) Oil tanks

     (8) Drums that are not empty, properly cleaned and do not have at least one end removed

     (9) Bulk or flammable liquids

     (10) Any incinerated or burned debris

Uncompacted refuse. Refuse or waste which has not been reduced in volume by mechanical or hydraulic means or, if so, has not been maintained in this reduced volume state during transportation to the disposal facility.

Vacant property. A lot or parcel of real property either not improved by any structure or having a structure or structures neither occupied as a residence nor devoted to any other use normally involving the presence of employees or other persons on business days.

Waste. Useless, unwanted or discarded materials.

Waste generator. The person who actually produces the commercial, household, industrial or institutional/governmental solid waste.
(Ord. No. 04-31, 1/18/05)