Oregon Statutes 476.010 – Additional definitions
(1) As used in ORS § 476.010 to 476.115, 476.150 to 476.170 and 476.210 to 476.270, ‘alterations,’ ‘construction,’ ‘family,’ ‘hospital,’ ‘occupancy’ and ‘private residence’ have the meanings given those terms in ORS § 479.168.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 476.010
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(2) As used in ORS § 476.030 and other laws relating to the duties of the State Fire Marshal, ‘governmental subdivision’ means a city, county, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation and rural fire protection district, created under the laws of Oregon.
(3) As used in ORS § 476.380:
(a) ‘Commercial waste’:
(A) Means any waste produced in any business involving the lease or sale, including wholesale and retail, of goods or services, including but not limited to housing.
(B) Means any waste produced by a governmental, educational or charitable institution.
(C) Does not include any waste produced in a dwelling containing four living units or less.
(b) ‘Demolition material’ means any waste resulting from the complete or partial destruction of any man-made structure, such as a house, apartment, commercial building or industrial building.
(c) ‘Domestic waste’ means any nonputrescible waste, consisting of combustible materials, such as paper, cardboard, yard clippings, wood or similar materials, generated in a dwelling, including the real property upon which it is situated, containing four living units or less.
(d) ‘Field burning’ means the burning of any grass field, grain field, pasture, rangeland or other field by open burning or by use of mobile equipment or flaming equipment on any land or vegetation.
(e) ‘Industrial waste’ means any waste resulting from any process or activity of manufacturing or construction.
(f) ‘Land clearing debris’ means any waste generated by the removal of debris, logs, trees, brush or demolition material from any site in preparation for land improvement or construction projects.
(g) ‘Open burning’ means any burning conducted in such a manner that combustion air is not effectively controlled and that combustion products are not vented through a stack or chimney, including but not limited to burning conducted in open outdoor fires, common burn barrels and backyard incinerators. [Subsection (2) formerly part of 476.030; 1975 c.635 § 1; 2005 c.22 § 353]
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