For the purpose of §§ 9-10-1-1 et seq., the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASHES.
The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible materials.
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION.
All collection not otherwise defined as residential collection.
COMMINGLED CONTAINERS.
Any container used for the purpose of collecting multiple recyclables approved by the city.
HAZARDOUS WASTE.
Any solid waste that meets the definition of hazardous waste under 40 CFR 261.3 and which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating illness; or poses a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
INFECTIOUS WASTE.
Solid waste that carries a probable risk of transmitting disease to humans, including but not limited to:
(1) Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals.
(2) Human pathological wastes.
(3) Human and body fluid waste, including, but not limited to:
(a) Liquid waste human blood.
(b) Blood products.
(c) Items caking, flaking, saturated, or dripping with human blood, including serum, plasma, and other blood components.
(d) Items contaminated by body fluids from persons during surgery, autopsy, other medical procedures, or laboratory procedures.
(e) Specimens of blood products, and their containers.
(f) Other potentially infectious materials, including, but not limited to, the following body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, and body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids.
(g) Contaminated animal carcasses, body parts, blood, blood products, secretions, excretions, and bedding of animals that were known to have been exposed to zoonotic infectious agents for non-zoonotic human pathogens.
(h) Biological wastes and waste contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates, or sections from.
(i) Discarded sharps, hypodermic needles, syringes (with attached needle), Pasteur pipettes, scalpel blades, blood vials, needles with attached tubing, culture dishes, suture needles, slides, cover slips, and other broken or unbroken glass or plastic ware, unless properly treated or otherwise specifically exempted.
MAYOR. The Mayor of the city or his designated representative.
MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING.
A building, or portion thereof, designed for occupancy of two or more families living independently.
PERSON.
Any natural person or any firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY or HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
A business or association of homeowners within a community whose purpose includes to ensure the provision of and maintenance of community facilities and services for the common benefit of the residents, including arranging for solid waste and recycling services.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
Materials that would otherwise become refuse if not recycled and that can be collected, separated, processed, reclaimed or composted and placed in use in the form of raw materials, or products.
RECYCLING.
Any process by which recyclable materials are collected, separated, processed, reclaimed or composted and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products.
REFUSE.
Includes but is not limited to all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes) such as garbage, rejected or waste food, offal, swill, ashes, dirt, slop, waste paper, trash, rubbish, waste, litter or unwholesome material of any kind; street cleaning; but shall not include hazardous or toxic wastes, such as paints, corrosives, combustibles, oils, poisons, dead animals, hot ashes, coals, vehicle batteries, infectious waste and heavy or large building materials.
RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION.
All non-commercial collection from eight or fewer mobile homes on a single site, multiple dwellings with eight or fewer dwelling units on a single site, and single dwellings.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY.
For single-family dwellings, the responsible party shall be the property owner. For a multiple-family dwelling, the responsible party shall be the owner, manager, or agent. For a business, the responsible party shall be the property owner.
RUBBISH. Includes but is not limited to all nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes), such as vehicle bodies and both combustible and noncombustible solid wastes such as paper, cardboard, cans, wood, yard clippings, leaves, dirt, glass, bedding, crockery, and similar materials.
SITE.
Any lot held in single ownership and requiring solid waste collection service; if several adjacent lots are owned by a developer at the time of building permit issuance, there is a refutable presumption that they will be separate sites when solid waste collection is required.
SOLID WASTE.
Includes but is not limited to discarded material, refuse, garbage, rubbish, litter, recyclable material, green waste, yard waste, or any waste that meets the definition of solid waste under 40 CFR 261.2.
UNAUTHORIZED WASTE.
Any other waste not permitted for collection or disposal at the landfill, convenience centers, or approved for recycling.
('74 Code, § 6-3-3) (Ord. 42- 1980; Am. Ord. 13-1986; Am. Ord. 9-2000; Am. Ord. 42-2006; Am. Ord. 2013-009; Am. Ord. 2020-041)