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 Shenandoah
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 54. SOLID WASTE
 Article I. IN GENERAL

§ 54-1. Definitions.  

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

    Administrator means the person designated by the town council, or by the mayor with the approval of the town council, to administer and enforce this chapter.

    Ashes means cinders and other residue from fires used for cooking and heating.

    Combustible rubbish means refuse accumulation of paper, wood, cloth, leather, rubber, plastics, sweepings and other combustibles which are usual to housekeeping and the operation of stores, offices and other business places.

    County landfill means any sanitary landfill or other refuse disposal site designated by the county as a lawful place for the disposal of refuse.

    Garbage means wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce. The term "garbage" also includes any food or produce containers which, due to their ability to retain moisture content, may serve as breeding places for flies, mosquitoes and other water-breeding pests.

    Hazardous waste means a solid waste or combination of solid waste 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 of, or otherwise managed.

    Lawn and garden trash means tree limbs that cannot be placed in containers and accumulations of grass, weeds and shrubbery cuttings and other refuse attending the care of lawns and gardens.

    Noncombustible rubbish means refuse materials that are unburnable at ordinary flame temperatures such as metals, rocks and other mineral matter; large quantities of glass or crockery; and auto bodies or parts.

    Refuse means all forms of solid wastes.

    (Code 1992, §§ 18-1, 18-61)

    Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.

    State Law reference— Definitions for the Virginia Waste Management Act, Code of Virginia, § 10.1-1400; definitions concerning litter control and recycling, Code of Virginia, § 10.1-1414; definitions concerning the siting of hazardous waste facilities, Code of Virginia, § 10.1-1433.

(Code 1992, §§ 18-1, 18-61)

State law reference

Definitions for the Virginia Waste Management Act, Code of Virginia, § 10.1-1400; definitions concerning litter control and recycling, Code of Virginia, § 10.1-1414; definitions concerning the siting of hazardous waste facilities, Code of Virginia, § 10.1-1433.

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.