Hemet Municipal Code Div. 1 Definitions

Department shall mean the Planning Department of the City of Hemet.

(Ord. No. 1666, § 63-1, 4-9-02)

Director shall mean the Director of Planning of the City of Hemet.

(Ord. No. 1666, § 63-2, 4-9-02)

Sewage sludge shall mean solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. Sewage sludge includes, but is not limited to, domestic septage; scum or solids removed in primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment processes; and a material derived from sewage sludge. Sewage sludge does not include ash generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator or grit and screenings generated during preliminary treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. Sewage sludge, as used in this article, excludes biosolid products that are in a bag or container packaged for routine retail sales through regular retail outlets which are primarily used for residential landscaping.

(Ord. No. 1666, § 63-3, 4-9-02)

Manure shall mean any bulk, unbagged substances composed primarily of animal excrement (excluding human excrement).

(Ord. No. 1666, § 63-4, 4-9-02)

Quality manure shall mean manure that is not tainted by the incorporation of foreign material (including sewage sludge). Quality manure shall not contain solid, hazardous, or medical wastes.

(Ord. No. 1666, § 63-5, 4-9-02)

Land owner shall mean any person, firm, company, business, city, county, district, sole proprietor, partnership, joint venture, trust, association, limited liability corporation, corporation (whether profit or non-profit), or any other entity that owns, leases, occupies, rents, is authorized by the property owner to conduct farming activities or otherwise controls real property within the City of Hemet.

(Ord. No. 1666, § 63-6, 4-9-02)

Land application shall mean the spraying or spreading of sludge or manure onto the land surface, the injection of sewage sludge or manure below the surface, or the deposit, release, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, burying or disposal into the environment of sewage sludge or manure into the soil so that it can either condition the soil or fertilize crops or vegetation grown in the soil.

(Ord. No. 1666, § 63-7, 4-9-02)