The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
1. “Collection” means the transportation of the municipal waste from the place it is generated and includes all activities up to the time the waste is delivered to a recycling facility or solid waste disposal site.
2. “Collector” means a person authorized by the City to collect, transport and dispose of municipal waste or recyclable materials.
3. “Commingled” means source-separated, non-putrescible recyclable materials that have been mixed at the source of generation (i.e., placed in the same container).
4. “Condominium” means an apartment building or housing area in which the dwelling units are owned individually.
5. “Designated recyclable material” means newspapers, corrugated containers, magazines, catalogs, unsolicited mail, Kraft bags, bi-metal and ferrous cans, aluminum cans, high-density polyethylene (HDPE, coded No. 2) (excluding motor oil and anti-freeze bottles), and polyethylene terephthalate (PETE), whether alone or in combination, or any other materials or combinations thereof that have been approved by the metro waste authority and designated by subsequent Council resolution to fall within the definition of “designated recyclable material.”
6. “Dwelling unit” means a group of rooms located within a structure and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating for the exclusive use of the occupants thereof.
7. “Multifamily dwelling” means any building under one roof which contains two or more complete dwelling units.
8. “Municipal waste” means any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste, and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from the operation of multifamily dwellings.
9. “Nearby” means adjoining, adjacent, or contiguous.
10. “Nonrecyclable material” means any material not defined as recyclable material.
11. “Premises” means real property on which any multifamily dwelling unit or combination of units sharing common driveways are located.
12. “Recycling facility” means any facility employing a technology that is a process that separates or recovers reusable materials that can be sold or reused by a manufacturer as substitute for or a supplement to virgin raw materials.
13. “Recycling” means the separation, collection, processing, recovering and sale or reuse of materials which would otherwise be disposed of as municipal waste.
14. “Source separation” means the separation of recyclable materials from the municipal waste stream at the point of waste generation.