§ 550.01. Definitions.

As used in Chapter 550 of the Columbus City Codes:

"Scrap metal facility" means any facility, establishment or place of business that is maintained or operated for the primary purpose of receiving, storing, processing, buying, or selling scrap metal for remelting or recycling purposes.

"Scrap metal facility licensee" or "licensee" means any person holding a scrap metal facility license issued pursuant to this chapter and includes any person acting as the license holder's authorized agent or employee.

"Scrap metal" means any article or material intended for recycling composed of iron, steel, or nonferrous metal or metal alloy, including but not limited to, copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, or stainless steel. Scrap metal does not include used beverage containers.

"Motor Vehicle" and "Vehicle Identification Number" shall have the same meaning as set for in Section 4501.0 (B) and (BB), respectively, of the Ohio Revised Code.

"Retail transaction" means any transaction involving any person other than an industrial or commercial account, a nonprofit account, or a governmental account, in which a scrap metal facility purchases or receives scrap metal "Industrial or commercial account" means any person that satisfies one (1) of the following criteria: 1) the business is registered with the Ohio secretary of state; 2) the business has been issued a vendor's license under Ohio Revised Code Section 5739.17; 3) the business advertises its services in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for not less than six (6) consecutive months or provides a receipt showing payment for such advertising, in a telephone book, in electronic media that is available to the public, or in some other type of media that is owned and operated by a person other than the business; and, if an individual operates the business, the individual advertising the business has a specific place of business that is not the individual's permanent home residence. The term may include other scrap metal facilities.

"Nonprofit account" means any nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. 501(a), and that sells scrap metal to a scrap metal facility pursuant to a written agreement or written account certification.

"Governmental account" means any political subdivision, as defined in Section 2744.01(F) of the Ohio Revised Code, that sells scrap metal to a scrap metal facility pursuant to a written agreement or written account certification.

(Ord. 0441-2007 § 1 (part); Ord. No. 0882-2009, §§ 1, 2, 7-26-2009; Ord. No. 1788-2010, § 1, 1-31-2011)