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11 <br /> 5 or more $500 <br /> 5. Equitable remedies. This ordinance may be enforced by equitable remedies. Any unlawful <br /> condition existing or in violation of this ordinance may be enforced by injunction and order <br /> of abatement in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 153A-123. <br /> SECTION VIII. DEFINITIONS. <br /> For the proposes of this Ordinance,the following definitions shall apply: <br /> 1. Ashes. refuse resulting from the burning of wood, coal, cork or other combustible material <br /> which has no live embers. <br /> 2. Board. The Board of Commissioners of Orange County. <br /> 3. Bulk material. A tightly constructed metal,plastic or other material container of two(2)cubic <br /> yards or greater capacity and of a design approved by the County manager as being capable <br /> of being emptied by equipment. <br /> 4. Clean wood waste. wood waste from construction and demolition activity that is not treated <br /> and free of paint. <br /> 5. Collection. The act of removing solid waste (including construction and demolition waste, <br /> land-clearing debris or recyclable materials) from a point of generation to a central storage <br /> point or to a disposal site,and from a central storage point processing center to a disposal site. <br /> 6. Construction and demolition waste. solid waste resulting generally from construction, <br /> remodeling,repair, or demolition operations on pavement,buildings,or other structures. <br /> 7. Corrugated cardboard. three-layered cardboard material with a middle, wavy layer. <br /> Nonrecyclable cardboard, such as waxed boxes, cardboard adhered to packing material (such <br /> as Styrofoam or wooden or plastic supports) and cardboard saturated with motor oil or <br /> foodstuff's in its normal use before disposal are excluded from this definition. <br /> 8. Department. The Solid Waste Management Department. <br /> 9. Department Director. The Director of the Solid Waste Management Department. <br /> 10. Disposal. The discharge, deposit,injection,dumping,spilling, leaking or placing of any solid <br /> waste into or on any land or water so that the solid waste or any constituent part of the solid <br /> waste may enter the environment or by emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, <br /> including groundwaters. <br /> 11. Food waste. food that has been prepared for human consumption and was not served or <br /> otherwise used for food. <br /> 12. Garbage. all putrescible wastes, including animal offal and carcasses, and recognizable <br /> industrial by-products,but excluding sewage and human wastes. <br /> 13. Hazardous waste. solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, <br /> concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may (1) cause or <br /> significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or <br /> incapacitating reversible illness; or(2)pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human <br /> health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or <br /> otherwise managed. <br /> 14. Industrial solid waste. all waste generated from factories, processing plants and other <br /> manufacturing enterprises that is not hazardous waste as defined in this section. Such waste <br /> may include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following manufacturing <br /> processes: Electric power generation; fertilizer/agricultural chemicals; food and related <br /> productsiby-products; inorganic chemicals, iron, and steel manufacturing; leather and leather <br /> products; nonferrous metals manufacturing foundries; organic chemicals; plastics and resins <br /> manufacturing; pulp and paper industry; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone, <br /> 8 <br />