When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Department - the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
Vegetative growth - includes tall grass, kudzu, poison ivy, oak and sumac, plants with obnoxious odors, weeds, grasses causing hay fever, and any weed growth that creates a breeding place for mosquitoes.
Waste tire - any automobile, motorcycle, heavy equipment, or truck tire stored or offered for sale by a waste tire generator or otherwise retained by a waste tire generator after having replaced a customer's new or used tire.
Waste tire generator - any person who buys, sells, or stores new or used tires for use on automobiles, motorcycles, heavy equipment, or trucks and which retains any of the customer's used tires after replacement.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-899