§ 62-182. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Auto salvage yard means a place that stores salvage vehicles for more than 15 consecutive calendar days or dismantles salvage vehicles for the sale of parts or buys and sells used motor vehicle parts and accessories or stores used motor vehicle parts and accessories for more than 15 consecutive calendar days.

Chipped or shredded tire means a tire that has been reduced to parts no larger than that defined in the definition of a cut tire.

Cut tire means a waste tire cut in half circumferentially or cut into at least four parts with no part being larger than approximately one-quarter of the original tire's size.

Department means the neighborhood and community services department.

Designated agent means the individual designated by the permit holder who is in actual management and control of the business permitted under this article.

Director means the director of the neighborhood and community services department or any authorized representative.

Owner and operator means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises a waste tire collection center, waste tire processing facility, waste tire site, waste tire hauling company, tire dealer, salvage yard, auto salvage yard or garbage dump.

Person means an individual, partnership, club or association, firm, limited liability company or corporation, unless the context requires a contrary interpretation.

Salvage means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, rubber debris, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.

Salvage vehicle means a vehicle which is incapable of operation or use upon the highways or which has no use or resale value except as a source of parts or scrap. The absence of any of the following items shall be deemed to render a vehicle inoperable: front or rear fender, front or rear quarter panel, hood, trunk lid, front grill, front or rear clip, wheel, front or rear axle, engine, transmission, instrument panel, windshield or window, or dashboard.

Salvage yard means an establishment, area or place of business maintained, operated or used for the storing, keeping, buying, or selling of salvage.

State means the State of Missouri.

Tire dealer means any person who operates or maintains an establishment or place of business where new or used tires are bought or sold.

Vector means any organism, such as an insect, that transmits a pathogen.

Waste tire means a tire that is no longer suitable for its original intended purpose because of wear, damage or defect or has been discarded with the intent of final disposal.

Waste tire collection center means any establishment or place of business where more than five waste tires are collected or stored for more than 30 days.

Waste tire hauler means any individual or business hauling or transporting more than five waste tires within the city.

Waste tire processing facility means any establishment or place of business where waste tires are processed for disposal, recycling or any other purposes.

Waste tire site means any establishment, area or place of business where more than five waste tires are stored including waste tire collection centers, waste tire processing facilities, salvage yards, auto salvage yards and garbage dumps.

(Ord. No. 100301, § 1, 5-6-10)