Adopted as written in WAC 173-350-100, with the following additions or exceptions:
means any vehicle left within the limits of any public road or upon the property of another without the consent of the owner of such property for a period of 24 hours or longer; provided, that a vehicle shall not be considered abandoned if its owner or operator is unable to remove it from the place that it is located and so notifies law enforcement officials and requests assistance.
shall be when a property owner has received notice of a violation by the Department by certified mail, telephone, personal contact, or other method.
means the abandoned or unused remnant or remains of a motor vehicle which is inoperative and cannot be made mechanically operative without the addition of vital parts or mechanisms and the application of a substantial amount of labor to effect repairs.
means the Cowlitz County Board of County Commissioners.
means materials resulting from the construction, remodeling, and repair of buildings and other structures.
shall be when solid waste has been present and visible on the property for at least one month.
means Cowlitz County.
means any solid waste resulting from the demolition, razing of buildings, roads, and other manmade structures. Waste consists of, but is not limited to, concrete, brick, bituminous concrete, wood and masonry, composition roofing and roofing paper, steel, and minor amounts of other metals like copper. Plastic (i.e., sheetrock or plaster board) or any other material, other than wood, that is likely to produce gases or leachate during the decomposition process and asbestos wastes are not considered to be demolition waste for the purposes of this regulation.
means the Cowlitz County Department of Building and Planning, or as may be redesignated.
means the person(s) designated as the responsible official by the Health Officer or Department Director.
means the Director of the Cowlitz County Department of Building and Planning, or designee.
means an economic good, a product of mining and agriculture, or an article of commerce, no longer useful or valuable.
means all the causes of a disease or abnormal condition.
means an inanimate object or substance that is capable of transmitting infectious organisms from one individual to another.
means all putrescible material, including, but not limited to, animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, and swill and carcasses of dead animals, and of such a character and proportion as to be capable of attracting or providing food for rodents and other vectors.
means a condition or situation where, in the opinion of the Health Officer or designee, disease and/or injury potential exists and, if unabated, may endanger the health of the public.
means the Health Officer appointed by the Board of County Commissioners pursuant to RCW 70.05.050.
means a condition or situation where, in the opinion of the Health Officer or designee, an imminent risk potential exists and, if unabated, may endanger the health of the public or the environment.
means waste from medical, dental, or intermediate care facilities, research centers, veterinary clinics, or other similar facilities; farms; and persons which may contain pathogens or other biologically active materials in sufficient concentrations that risk exposure to the waste directly or indirectly and create a risk of disease, as determined by the Health Officer. This may include, but is not limited to:
Cultures and stocks of etiologic agents and associated biologicals, including specimen cultures, cultures and stocks of etiologic agents, wastes from production of biologicals and serums, and discarded live and attenuated vaccines;
Laboratory waste that has come into contact with cultures and stocks of etiologic agents or blood specimens. Such waste includes, but is not limited to, culture dishes, blood specimen tubes, devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures, paper and cloth which has come into contact with cultures and stocks of etiologic agents;
Sharps, which mean medical and laboratory equipment generated by an infectious waste generator that may cause punctures or cuts. Such waste includes, but is not limited to, needles, syringes, lancets, and scalpel blades;
Pathological waste,
which means most human and animal tissues and anatomical parts that emanate from surgery, obstetrical procedures, autopsy and the laboratory. Pathological waste does not include extracted teeth, toenails or fingernails;
Human blood, blood components, and blood products, including their container and absorbent materials that were used in patient's care, laboratory analysis, or the development of pharmaceuticals. These shall be infectious waste when they are pourable liquids, have saturated absorbent material, or have dried after having saturated absorbent material. This shall include intravenous bags;
Wastes, animal carcasses, or animal products that have come into contact with human or animal substances infected with, but not limited to, anthrax, smallpox, rabies, plague, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and viral hemorrhagic fevers, such as Lassa fever and Ebole-Warburg virus disease;
Animal carcasses or animal products exposed to pathogens, their bedding, or other waste from such animals.
means all waste materials including, but not limited to, disposable packages or containers susceptible to being dropped, deposited, discarded or otherwise disposed of upon any property in the county, and solid waste that is illegally dumped, but not including the wastes of primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
means the throwing, dropping, depositing, discarding or otherwise disposing of litter upon any public property or upon any private property or in the waters of Cowlitz County, whether from a vehicle or otherwise.
means all the infectious waste and injurious waste originating from, but not limited to, a medical, dental, veterinary, or intermediate care facility.
means unlawfully doing an act or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission either annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others, offends decency, or unlawfully interferes with, obstructs, or tends to obstruct any lake or navigable river, bay, stream, canal or basin, or any public park, square, street, or highway.
means an individual, firm, association, copartnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever.
means a general term for solid waste, excluding food wastes and ashes, taken from residences, commercial establishments, and institutions.
means vital parts or mechanisms that include, but are not limited to, the body, engine and short blocks, frames, transmission or transfer cases, cabs, doors, front or rear differentials, front or rear clips, quarter panels or fenders, bumpers, track beds or boxes, seats, hoods, or parts or remains of a motor vehicle whether abandoned or not.
(Ord. 04-061 § IV(A), 3-30-2004)