§ 23-1. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Appliance means a household or office device operated by gas or electric current.

    Ashes means refuse resulting from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible material.

    Building materials means any material such as lumber, brick, plaster, gutters or other substances accumulated as a result of repairs or additions to existing buildings, construction of new buildings or demolition of existing structures.

    Bulk container means a metal container of not less than six cubic yards nor larger than eight cubic yards, made of watertight construction with doors opening on two sides and top, and constructed so that it can be emptied mechanically by specially equipped trucks.

    Bulk item means any refuse, other than an appliance or hazardous refuse, that does not fit into an empty mobile container or super can.

    Business trash means any waste accumulation of dust, paper and cardboard, excelsior, rags or other accumulations, other than garbage or household trash, which are usually attendant to the operation of stores, offices and similar businesses.

    Commercial establishment means any retail, restaurant, manufacturing, wholesale, institutional, religious, governmental or other nonresidential establishment at which garbage or trash may be generated.

    Dwelling unit means a room or group of rooms within a building constituting a separate and independent housekeeping unit occupied or intended for occupancy by one family and containing kitchen and sleeping facilities, provided that a dwelling unit available for occupancy for periods of less than one month shall be considered a lodging unit as defined by Section 30-1220.

    Garbage means the byproduct of animal or vegetable foodstuffs resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or other matter which is subject to decomposition, decay, putrefaction or the generation of noxious or offensive gases or odors or which, during or after decay, may serve as breeding or feeding material for insects or animals.

    Hazardous refuse means materials such as poison, acids, caustics, chemicals, infected materials, offal, fecal matter and explosives.

    Household trash means every waste accumulation of paper, sweepings, dust, rags, bottles, cans or other matter of any kind, other than garbage, which is usually attendant to housekeeping.

    Industrial waste means all waste, including solids, semisolids, sludges and liquids, created by factories, processing plants or other manufacturing enterprises.

    Litter means garbage, refuse, waste materials or any other discarded, used or unconsumed substance which is not handled as specified in this chapter.

    Mobile containers and supercans mean any containers for refuse provided by the City for use in the City, having a capacity of 90 to 95 gallons and equipped with wheels for mobility.

    Refuse means solid waste accumulations consisting of garbage, household trash, and business trash, as defined in this section.

    Tree and shrubbery trimmings means waste accumulation of tree branches, tree limbs, parts of trees, bushes, shrubbery and cuttings or clippings created as refuse of trees or bushes.

    Yard waste means waste accumulations of lawn, grass or shrubbery cuttings or clippings and leaves, free of dirt, rocks, large branches and bulky or noncombustible material.

    (Code 1993, § 31-1; Code 2004, § 86-1; Ord. No. 2018-027, § 1, 2-26-2018)

    Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.

(Code 1993, § 31-1; Code 2004, § 86-1; Ord. No. 2018-027, § 1, 2-26-2018)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.