For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASSOCIATION. All cooperative organizations of residential dwelling owners formed for the purpose of joint management of property or services.
COLLECTION. The aggregation of mixed municipal solid waste from the place at which it is generated and includes all activities up to the time the waste is delivered to a waste facility.
COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL. Any material that is primarily organic and can be decomposed through biological activity. Compostable plastics or lined papers must meet ASTM D6400 and ASTM D6868, respectively, as certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute or other similar independent certification bodies.
COMPOSTING. The controlled biological decomposition and management of selected solid waste to produce an innocuous, humus-like material, which can be used as a soil conditioner.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. Waste building materials, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of buildings and roads.
COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Apple Valley.
DAILY RESIDENTIAL HAULING ZONE. A residential area in which garbage, other refuse,
recyclables and yard waste are collected on the same day each week and for which the boundaries and day of collection are defined as follows:
(1) Monday residential hauling zone - bounded by the following roads: north of 160th Street W., south of the northern city limits, west of eastern city limits, and east of Pilot Knob Road;
(2) Tuesday residential hauling zone - bounded by the following roads: north of 160th Street W., south of County Road 42, west of Pilot Knob Road, and east of the western city limits;
(3) Wednesday residential hauling zone - bounded by the following roads: north of County Road 38, south of the 35E and the northern city limits, west of Pilot Knob Road, and east of County Road 11 and the western city limits;
(4) Thursday residential hauling zone - bounded by the following roads: north of County Road 42, south of County Road 38, west of Galaxie Avenue, and east of the western city limits; and
(5) Friday residential hauling zone - bounded by the following roads: north of County Road 42, south of County Road 38, west of Pilot Knob Road, and east of Galaxie Avenue.
FLEXIBLE OR COMPACT DUMPSTER. a container which has a holding capacity not exceeding five cubic yards and used for temporary storage of special pick-up refuse. A FLEXIBLE DUMPSTER is commonly referred to or known as a dumpster bag, soft-side dumpster, or waste removal bag and used in lieu of a metal front or rear-load or roll-off dumpster. A COMPACT DUMPSTER is a metal, composite or
other hard-side container for refuse disposal which does not exceed five cubic yards capacity.
GARBAGE. Every accumulation of animal, vegetable or other matter that attends the preparation, consumption, display, dealing in a storage of meat, fish, fowl, birds, fruit or vegetables, including the cans, containers or wrappers wasted along with the materials.
INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. Collection from any building consisting of one or more dwelling units wherein each unit has an individual kitchen and wherein each unit receives separate collection by licensed collectors.
MANAGEMENT ENTITY. Person, persons, partnerships or corporations responsible for the management of a residential dwelling or a multiple dwelling complex.
MULTIPLE DWELLING. Any building used for residential purposes consisting of more than one dwelling unit with individual kitchen facilities for each.
RECYCLABLES. Materials that are suitable for separating from solid waste for the purpose of recycling, including but not limited to paper, glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, batteries, and the like. Refuse- derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by incineration is not a recyclable material.
REFUSE. All solid waste products or those having the character of solids rather than liquids; in
that they will not flow readily without additional liquid and which are composed wholly or partly of such materials as garbage, swill, sweepings, cleanings, trash, rubbish, litter, industrial solid waste or domestic solid waste; organic wastes or residue of animals sold as meat; fruit or other vegetable or animal matter from kitchen, dining room, market, food establishment of any place dealing in or handling meat, grain or vegetables; or offal, animal excreta or the carcasses of animals.
SINGLE FAMILY-DWELLING. Any building used for residential purposes that consists of one dwelling unit.
SPECIAL PICK-UP. Any collection of materials other than refuse and recyclables, but which includes white goods (such as large appliances), furniture, oversized materials, construction debris and other materials collected, processed and disposed of as separate waste streams.
SWILL. That particular garbage which is wholly or nearly edible and usable as a food and has food value for animals or fowl, accumulating from animal, vegetable or other matter wasted from clubs, hotels, hospitals, restaurants and public eating places.
TARGETED RECYCLABLES. Metal beverage containers, glass containers, newsprint or other materials that may be designated by the Council via resolution.
VOLUME BASED FEES. Pricing structure offered by licensed collectors to their customers which ties the cost of refuse collection to the volume of materials offered to the collector for collection.
WASTE. Items of any type that are to be discarded in the broadest sense, including but not limited to garbage, refuse, solid waste, recyclables, and organics.
WASTE MATTER. Waste matter composed of soil, earth, sand, clay, gravel, loam, stone, brick, plaster, crockery, glass, glassware, ashes, cinders,
shells, metal and all other noncombustible material which has been or is to be discarded.
YARD WASTE. Organic material consisting of grass clippings, leaves and other forms of organic garden waste, but excluding bushes, fibrous brush, woody materials or other materials that are not readily compostable within a calendar year.
(‘81 Code, § 11-1) (Ord. 440, passed 3-23-89; Am. Ord. 500, passed 12-13-90; Am. Ord. 539, passed 6-9-92; Am. Ord. 634, passed 10-9-97; Am. Ord. 863, passed 6-11-09; Am. Ord. 1074, passed 4-9-20; Am. Ord. 1085, passed 1-28-21)