As used in this chapter:
(a) "Garbage" means all putrescible waste except sewage and body waste, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of small dead animals, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, and shall include all such substances from all public and private establishments and from all residences. "Garbage" shall further mean all ashes and/or other materials produced as a result of the reduction of putrescible waste by incineration or other means.
(b) "Rubbish" shall be interpreted to mean ashes except as hereinbefore provided for in subsection (a) hereof, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin cans, cast iron, printed matter, paper, boots, shoes, hats and other clothing. It does not, however, include any materials in the nature of earth, sand, brick, stone, plaster, ashes or other substances that may accumulate as a result of building operation.
(Ord. 35-72. Passed 6-6-72.)
(c) "City" means the City of Ashland, Ohio.
(d) "Director" means the Director of Public Service of the City.
(e) "Householder" means the head of a family or one maintaining his separate living room or quarters on the premises and includes owners, tenants and occupants of all premises, upon which garbage or rubbish, or both are accumulated.
(f) “Premises" means land or buildings or both, or parts of either or both, occupied by one householder or commercial establishment.
(g) "Commercial establishments" mean and include all other premises and institutions, public or private, charitable or noncharitable, upon which garbage or rubbish, or both, are created.
(h) "Collector" means the City and each and all of its duly authorized agents and/or employees connected with the collection and disposal of garbage or rubbish or both.
(i) "Collecting agent" means each and all employees of the City, charged with the duty of collecting or receiving fees, or both, for collecting and disposing of garbage or rubbish, by the City.
(j) "Person" as used herein, means every natural person or association of persons, a partnership or corporation. Words in the singular shall include the plural.
(Ord. 3688. Passed 6-21-54.)