For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLIANCES. Large household appliances, such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, air conditioners, swamp coolers and the like over one and one-half cubic feet, that are received as waste by the city.
ASHES. The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible materials.
BACKYARD COMPOSTING. Composting household solid waste in a confined space within personal property boundaries.
BURNING. Any form of incineration of solid waste in the open air except as otherwise provided by state law.
COLLECTION. The systematic and regular removal of solid waste from property and its transport to a designated solid waste facility for disposal or for transfer and transport to a solid waste facility for final disposal.
COMPOST. Organic matter produced from solid waste which has undergone a controlled process of decomposition and pathogen reduction and has been stabilized to a degree which is potentially beneficial to plant growth and which is used as a soil amendment, growing medium amendment or other similar uses.
COMPOSTING. The process by which the biological decomposition of organic solid waste occurs under controlled conditions. The process stabilizes the organic fraction into a material which can be easily and safely stored, handled and used in an environmentally acceptable manner.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS. Materials generally considered not to be water soluble and which are non-hazardous in nature, including, but not limited to, steel, glass, brick, concrete, asphalt roofing materials, pipe, gypsum wallboard and lumber from the construction or destruction of a structure project.
(1) CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS also includes rocks, soil, tree remains, trees and other vegetative matter that normally results from land clearing.
(2) CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS does not include asbestos or liquids including, but not limited to, waste paint, solvents, sealers, adhesives or potentially hazardous materials.
CONTAINER. Authorized public or private receptacles designed for the intermediate storage of solid waste until such time as the refuse is collected. The term CONTAINER includes dumpsters provided by the contractor as well as containers designated for the intermediate storage of recyclable materials.
CUSTOMER. A property owner whose property receives solid waste disposal service from a BOT-approved contractor.
DAY. A calendar day unless otherwise described.
DEBRIS. The unwanted or unusable remains of something broken down or destroyed.
DUMPING.
(1) Disposing of solid waste or any other discarded material on property within the city which is private, including, but not limited to, privately owned or controlled dumpsters, residential refuse containers, parking lots and vacant lots;
(2) Disposing of solid waste or discarding any other items on a public place or on public property or a facility, which shall include, but is not limited to, the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained for the purpose of vehicular travel; and
(3) Allowing refuse to collect or accumulate on any privately owned lot or other premises within the city.
DUMPSTER. A large solid waste receptacle having a capacity greater than 95 gallons, capable of being lifted and dumped by a contractor-operated automated system.
FACILITY. Real estate or buildings used for a particular function.
GARBAGE. Unwanted or unusable waste products or unused materials, to include, but not be limited to, food, offal, ashes, waste paper, trash, rubbish and waste or unwholesome materials generated during the consumption of resources.
GOVERNING BODY. The Board of Trustees of the City of Anthony, New Mexico.
GREEN WASTE. Vegetative or green organic matter resulting from landscaping, land maintenance and land-clearing operations.
(1) The term GREEN WASTE includes yard waste.
(2) The term GREEN WASTE does not include dirt, rocks, asphalt, cactuses or concrete chips.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Waste which, because of its concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
HOT WASTE. Any waste which is on fire, smoldering or in excess of 180°F.
INFECTIOUS WASTE. Waste containing pathogens or biologically active material which, because of its type, concentration or quantity, is capable of transmitting disease to persons exposed to the waste.
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. Residential apartment or condominium dwelling units consisting of four or more separate units.
NON-RESIDENTIAL RECYCLABLES. Recyclables generated by stores, offices, restaurants, hotels or motels, warehouses and other manufacturing and non-manufacturing activities.
NON-RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE or COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE. All types of solid waste generated by, but not limited to, stores, offices, restaurants, hotels, motels, warehouses and other manufacturing and non-manufacturing activities. This term shall include commercially compacted items, dead animals and construction and demolition debris, but does not include household and hazardous solid waste, or items which the city is prohibited by law from collecting or disposing.
ORDINANCE. Refers to this chapter.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The term PERSON includes all federal, state or local governmental entities.
PROCESSING. Techniques to change the physical, chemical or biological character or components of solid waste. This term does not include composting.
PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY. The areas in, under, upon, over, across and along any and all of the present and future streets or streams now or hereafter owned or controlled by the city.
PUTRESCIBLE. Organic material subject to decomposition by microorganisms.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. Items which can be reused or reprocessed for reuse. Such items may include, but are not limited to, corrugated cardboard, paper, aluminum, steel, metal, glass, wood, plastic and cloth.
RECYCLING. Any process by which recyclable materials are collected, separated, processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products.
REFUSE. See SOLID WASTE.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE. Any solid waste or garbage derived from households, including single and multiple residences, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds and day-use recreation areas.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A dwelling unit.
SCAVENGING. The removal of any solid waste or recyclables from a transfer facility or from private or public containers in a manner not authorized by the city.
SERVICE AREA. The area within the city limits and any additional area beyond those limits within which the Board of Trustees authorizes the collection of solid waste.
SOLID WASTE. Garbage, refuse, litter, yard waste, construction and demolition debris and other discarded solid materials, including those from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and from community activities. This term does not include solids or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flow, nor hazardous, infectious or radioactive materials which the city is prohibited by law from accepting.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY. Any real estate or structure, or group of structures, designated to facilitate the collection, processing, treatment, handling, transfer, transport and disposal of municipal solid waste.
TRANSFER FACILITY. A facility in which various types of solid waste are received and then placed in other vehicles for transport to another solid waste facility for disposal.
TRASH. See SOLID WASTE.
USER. See CUSTOMER.
VERMIN. All noxious, objectionable or disgusting animals, especially those of a small size that are difficult to control, e.g., rats, mice, flies and cockroaches.
(Ord. 2022-003, passed 7-20-2022)