§ 9-51. Definitions.

Clean wood means natural wood charcoal, natural wood or cull cut lumber which has not been painted, varnished or coated with a similar material; has not been pressure treated with preservatives; and does not contain resins or glues as in plywood or other composite wood products; provided however, commercially available fireplace logs, starter logs and similar products are also considered clean wood.

Construction and demolition waste means building waste materials, including but not limited to waste shingles, insulation, wood to which any protective coating, chemical treatment or fixative has been applied, or in any nail, tack or similar fixative is embedded, wiring, plastics, packaging, and rubble that results from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition operations on a house, commercial or industrial building, or other structure.

Cull lumber means construction lumber with has not been treated, or had any varnish, paint, resin, glue or other fixative applied to its surface, and has no nails or tacks. Cull lumber specifically does not include press wood, plywood, composite wood or similar wood-based products.

Fire chief means the Chief of the Myrtle Beach Fire Department, or other person designated by the fire chief.

Open burning means kindling or maintaining a fire where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack, chimney or filtering system. This includes burning areas which are contained such as burn barrels, in ground or above ground burn pits or fire rings of masonry or metal construction, patio wood burning units or other similar contrivances, as well as non-area contained campfires.

Patio wood-burning unit means a chimnea, patio warmer, or other portable wood-burning device used for outdoor recreation and/or heating.

Recreational fire means the burning of clean wood and wood charcoal contained in an outdoor fireplace, barbecue grill, masonry or metal fire pit or ring for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking or similar purposes.

Refuse means anything that can be fuel for fire other than clean wood and cull lumber, and includes cardboard, paper or plastic, rubbish, debris or trash, and any putrid, unhealthy or unwholesome part of any dead animal, broken furniture, or waste material.

Yard waste means all trees, all shrubbery, hedge trimmings, tree limbs, branches and trimmings, plant and shrub trimmings, leaves and limbs, yard cleanings, and other similar items which are not cultivated nor cared for by persons owning or controlling the premises.

(Ord. No. 2013-19, 3-26-13)