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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-101 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-101" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Dispose.">“Dispose” includes abandon, deposit, discard, discharge, dump, junk, leave, place, scrap, or throw.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Garbage.">“Garbage” means waste that results from the distribution, preparation, or serving of food.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Hauler.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Hauler” means any person who:<para num="(i)">contracts with others for the collection, transportation, or disposal of solid waste; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">except as specified in paragraph (3) of this subsection, engages in the collection, transportation, or disposal of solid waste generated by that person him-, her-, or itself.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Hauler” includes a person described in paragraph (1) of this subsection even if that person is operating under a demolition permit issued by the City.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Exclusions.">“Hauler” does not include any person who occupies residential property and collects, transports, or disposes of solid waste generated by the residential use of that property.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Land clearance debris.">“Land clearance debris” means any trees, other vegetation, or their roots that result from land clearance for streets, parks, playgrounds, construction projects, or other similar projects.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Landfill.">“Landfill” means any private or public property where waste is disposed of by placement on or burial in the ground.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Rock.">“Rock” means rock, stones, or boulders that result from land clearance, grading, and the preparation of construction sites and similar projects.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Rubbish.">“Rubbish” includes paper, rags, ashes, leaves, tree branches, yard trimmings, furniture, appliances, cans, glass, crockery, junk vehicles, tires, automotive parts, paints, and oils.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Rubble.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Rubble” means any waste that results from the demolition of buildings, structures, or streets.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Rubble” includes masonry, concrete, asphalt, wood, plaster, paper, glass, metal, roof materials, or other materials used in the construction of buildings, structures, or streets.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Solid waste.">“Solid waste” means all waste that is neither gaseous nor liquid.</para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Trade waste.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Trade waste” means waste that results from construction or from any other business, commercial, or industrial operation.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Trade waste” includes plastics, cartons, chemicals, paints, greases, oils, and other petroleum products, sawdust, and dead animals.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Waste.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Defined inclusions.">“Waste” includes any of the following material, as defined in this section, whether putrescible or nonputrescible:<para num="(i)">garbage;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">land clearance debris;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">rock;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">rubbish;</para>
        <para num="(v)">rubble; and</para>
        <para num="(vi)">trade waste.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Additional inclusions.">“Waste” also includes any of the following material, whether putrescible or nonputrescible:<para num="(i)">asbestos;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">ashes;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">dead animals;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">hazardous waste;</para>
        <para num="(v)">incinerator residue;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">medical waste;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">refuse;</para>
        <para num="(viii)">street cleanings;</para>
        <para num="(ix)">trash; and</para>
        <para num="(x)">wastewater treatment residue.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §§ 221(parts), 266(parts), 264(b)(2), 266(c)(parts), 267(a) , art. 23, §22(a)(7)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
