§ 62-2. Definitions.

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:

Dispose or disposal means the discharging, depositing, throwing, injecting, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of solid waste or hazardous waste, whether containerized or uncontainerized, into or on land or water so that the solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may be emitted into the air, discharged into surface water or groundwater, or introduced into the environment in any other manner.

Garbage means solid waste that is putrescible animal and vegetable waste materials from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food, including waste materials from markets, storage facilities, and the handling and sale of produce and other food products.

Landfill or dump means any controlled area of land utilized for the disposal of solid waste, garbage, refuse, trash, or rubbish generated by residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural or any other such entities both public and private.

Rubbish means nonputrescible solid waste, excluding ashes, that consists of:

(1)

Combustible waste materials, including paper, rags, cartons, wood, excelsior, furniture, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, leaves, and similar materials; and

(2)

Noncombustible waste materials, including glass, crockery, tin cans, aluminum cans, metal furniture, and similar materials that do not burn at ordinary incinerator temperatures (1,600 to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit).

Solid waste means garbage, rubbish, yard waste and other discarded material, but does not include:

(1)

Solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or irrigation return flows or industrial discharges subject to regulation by permit issued under Tex. Water Code § 26.001 et seq.; or

(2)

Waste materials that result from activities associated with the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas and are subject to control by the railroad commission of the state.

Yard waste means lawn or hedge trimmings, leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden debris, and brush, including clean woody vegetative material not greater than six inches in diameter, that result from landscaping maintenance and land clearing operations. The term "yard waste" does not include stumps, roots, or shrubs with intact root balls.

(Ord. No. 371, § 2, 4-1-1986)