Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 4. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Division 418. REFUSE |
Chapter 418-4. DISPOSAL SITES |
§ 418-4.006. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)
"Refuse" means garbage, combustible or noncombustible waste, and putrescible solid or liquid wastes originating from household, business, commercial or industrial activity, including sewage, sewage effluent, sewage sludge, or any admixture of any of these substances with another of them or with any other substance.
(2)
"Refuse disposal site" means any property in the unincorporated territory of the county used or intended for use for disposal of refuse.
(3)
"Person" has the meaning in Section 16- 4.022, but also includes public or governmental entities and agencies and their officers, employees and agents.
(4)
"Sewage" means liquid or solid waste substance, together with any groundwater, surface water, or stormwaters that may be present, which is associated with human or animal habitation or activity, or which contains or may be contaminated with human or animal excrement or offal, and includes wastewater, wastewater effluent, sewage sludge, and/or supernatant liquid.
(Ord. 82-42 § 3: prior code § 4522: Ord. 1459).