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;24 ORDINANCE TO ;J~) THE CODE OF THE CIYY OF PORTSM0bT~H~ VIRGINrIA, 1961, BY ADDING TO CH~ 13 Tk~OF, A N-E~ ~RTICLE N-o~s~ IV, CONSISTLNG OF EIGH'~ SECTIONS, REGULATING I~JqDFILL OPER~TIONS. Be it ordained by the Cou~ecil of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Code of the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia, 1961, be amended by adding to Chapser 13 thereof, a new article numbered IV, consistirs of eight sections, such article to read as follows: Article IF. L%XDFILL OPERATIONS. Sec. 13-28. Definitions As used in this article the followir~ te~ shall be construed as ~dicated below: (a) "Person" includes an mnamvn_dual, a corporation or other legal entity, a partnership and. ~ny unincorporated association, ar~ shall include both singular ~ plural but in no case shall the provisions of this article be construed to apply to ~ny agency or department of the United States of ~merica, the Cmv~onwealth of Virginia or the City of Portsmeutln. (b) "Garbage" shall mean all am3~l and vegetable ~,~ster and all putrescible matter. (c) "Refuse" sP~ll mean all },taste substance% except garbage~ including both combustible a~d noncu~ustible ~'astes. (d) "Combustible waste!' sN~ll mean all ~aste substances capable of incineration or burning but excluding explosive or hi~nly .flan~ble ~teria!. (e) "Noncombustible w~ste" s2aall memn all other ,~ste substance not capable of incineration or burni~ including ashes~ glass, metal, earthenware and the like. (f) "~mndfill'~ sb~ll meem a type of operation in ~_ich refuse is deposited in a pit orexcavation or ~oon open l~nd, ~nd then is covered by a layer of es_~th, ashes~ or other suitable cov-erirg m~terial to adepth of at least two feet, Sec. 13-29. License required for i~ndfi!l operation. tt shall be mn2awfu! for any person to ~Lntain or operate a l~ndfil! or ~ny place for the disposal of refuse, sn~here f-n the city.w%thout f~st