For use in these chapters the following terms are defined:
1. “Banned substance” means any waste prohibited by the Code of Iowa from being disposed of in sanitary landfills, including yard waste, lead acid batteries, oil and medical waste.
2. “Bundle” means a stack of brush and/or tree branches bound together.
3. “Commercial establishment” includes all businesses and operations in the City which are not defined as residences, including schools, churches and apartment buildings.
4. “Composting” means a controlled microbial degradation of organic waste to produce a relatively nuisance-free product of potential value as a soil conditioner.
5. “Container” means a reusable and clearly marked receptacle constructed of plastic or metal materials.
6. “Degradable bags” are any untreated bags or biodegradable plastic bags acceptable to the composting station or facility and used by the licensed hauler.
7. “Director” means the director of the State Department of Natural Resources or any designee.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 455B.101[2b])
8. “Discard” means to place, cause to be placed, throw, deposit or drop.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 455B.361[2])
9. “Dumpsters” are large metal containers with lids.
10. “Dwelling unit” means any room or group of rooms located within a structure and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
11. “Garbage” means all waste generated by normal residential and commercial day-to-day operations, and fitting in an approved bag, container or properly bundled. The following items are specifically excluded from the garbage classification:
A. Furniture and appliances, including box springs and mattresses;
B. Dead animals;
C. Waste generated by kennel operations;
D. Vehicle parts, oil, grease;
E. Construction debris, paint;
F. Trees, dirt, rubble, yard waste;
G. Ammunition and other hazardous materials.
12. “Landscape waste” means any vegetable or plant waste except garbage. The term includes trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery and yard trimmings.
(IAC, 567-20.2[455B])
13. “Lead acid batteries” means those batteries which contain lead plates and acid.
14. “Licensed hauler” or "collector" means any person with a valid license obtained from the City and who is engaged in the business, process or any part thereof of storage, collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste.
15. “Litter” means any garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, waste materials or debris.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 455B.361[1])
16. “Medical waste” means that waste determined to be infectious by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
17. “Oil” means any petroleum based or synthetic oil.
18. “Owner” means, in addition to the record titleholder, any person residing in, renting, leasing, occupying, operating or transacting business in any premises, and as between such parties the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations hereinafter imposed shall be joint and several.
19. “Refuse” means putrescible and non-putrescible waste, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residues, street cleanings, market and industrial solid waste and sewage treatment waste in dry or semisolid form.
(IAC, 567-100.2)
20. “Residence” means a single-family dwelling and any multiple- family dwelling up to and including four (4) separate quarters. Garden type apartments and row type housing units shall be considered residential premises regardless of the total number of such apartments or units which may be included in a given housing development. Single- family attached dwelling units, having individual ownership, are deemed to be residences.
21. “Residential waste” means any refuse generated on the premises as a result of residential activities. The term includes landscape waste grown on the premises or deposited thereon by the elements, but excludes garbage, tires, trade wastes and any locally recyclable goods or plastics.
(IAC, 567-20.2[455B])
22. “Rubbish” means non-putrescible solid waste consisting of combustible and non-combustible waste, such as ashes, paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery or litter of any kind.
(IAC, 567-100.2)
23. “Sanitary disposal” means a method of treating solid waste so that it does not produce a hazard to the public health or safety or create a nuisance.
(IAC, 567-100.2)
24. “Sanitary disposal project” means all facilities and appurtenances including all real and personal property connected with such facilities, which are acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, equipped, improved, extended, maintained, or operated to facilitate the final disposition of solid waste without creating a significant hazard to the public health or safety, and which are approved by the Director.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 455B.301)
25. “Solid waste” means garbage, refuse, rubbish, and other similar discarded solid or semisolid materials, including but not limited to such materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and domestic activities. Solid waste may include vehicles, as defined by subsection one of Section 321.1 of the Code of Iowa.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 455B.301)
26. “Yard waste” means debris such as grass clippings, leaves, garden waste, prunings, weeds, brush and trees which are produced as part of yard and garden development and maintenance. Yard waste does not include tree stumps or any treated lumber such as landscape timbers or railroad ties.