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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988 AS AMENDED, BY ADDING ARTICLE IV TO CHAPTER 16 THEREOF PERTAINING TO SOLID WASTE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Chapter Portsmouth, Virginia, Article IV to read as 16 of the Code of the City of as amended, be amended by adding follows: thereto ARTICLE IV. Solid Waste. Section 16-161. Definitions. Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following terms as used in this article shall have the meanings as respectively ascribed to them in this section. (a) Person means: any nonresidential generator of solid waste and any company, business or other party which collects, transports, processes or recycles solid waste. (b) Solid Waste means: any garbage, refuse, sludge and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material, resulting from industrial, commercial, residential, mining and agricultural operations, or community activities but does not include: (1) solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, (2) solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows or in industrial discharges which are sources subject to a permit from the State Water Control Board, or (3) source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (c) Recycle means: (1) to sell, donate, or otherwise transfer solid waste material to any other person located outside of the City of Portsmouth so that such waste material may be processed and used again as raw material for a product which may or may not be similar to the original product; or (2) to process a given waste material at a location within the City of Portsmouth so that such material may be used again as a raw material for a product which may or may not be similar to the original product. Section 16-162. Solid Waste; Annual Recycling Reports Required. (a) Any person located within the City who recycles solid waste shall submit an annual report to the Director of General Operations of the City of Portsmouth or his designee.