As used in this Chapter:
(a) "Residential Unit" shall be held to designate or include the place of abode of a person or persons living separately or together as an independent family.
(b) "Multiple Unit Residence or Apartment" shall be held to designate or include the grouping together of two or more residential units or apartments.
(c) "Solid Waste Management Plan" shall be the plans prepared and implemented by the Sanitation Department in compliance with State House Bill #592 and in accordance with the State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Regulations.
(d) "Small Quantity Generators (SQG)" of hazardous wastes as listed in the Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register/Volume 45, No. 98, Subpart D, shall be held to designate all businesses that generate between one hundred (100) and one thousand (1000) kilograms of hazardous wastes per month.
(e) "Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQG)" of hazardous wastes as listed in the Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register, Volume 45, No. 98, Subpart D, shall be held to designate all businesses that generate below one hundred (100) kilograms of hazardous wastes per month.
(f) "Public Health Nuisance" shall include, but not be limited to, either of the following for purposes of this Chapter:
(1) Any accumulation of solid waste, refuse, filth, offal, garbage, or other unwanted or unused materials (other than toxic waste or hazardous waste as defined in Title 37 of the Ohio Revised Code) in any location where such material may reasonably be expected to lead to the accumulation of
stray animals feeding thereon, or to the attraction of vermin including rats, or to the creation of odors offensive to an ordinary person, or to a deterioration of property values in the surrounding neighborhood; or
(2) The deposit of materials described in paragraph (f)(l) of this Section on any tree lawn, sidewalk, alley, or beside any public way in such a fashion that indicates an expectation that such material is to be collected by the City of Ashtabula Sanitation Division without paying or making arrangements to pay the reasonable cost thereof.
(g) "Abatement of Public Health Nuisance" shall include the activities of the Sanitation Division of the City of Ashtabula in removing or causing the removal of materials described in paragraphs (f)(l) or (f)(2) of this Section.
(h) "Cost of Abatement" shall, in the case of the removal of materials described in paragraph (f)(2) of this Section, be deemed to be that amount which would have been payable for rubbish disposal at the location involved in the abatement pursuant to Section 951.08, plus ten per cent (10%) to cover administrative costs involved in the collection of same; and in all other cases, the actual cost of removal, including the hourly rate of pay of all personnel involved, plus ten per cent (10%) to cover administrative costs.
(I) "Recycling" means items collected for the purpose of recovering and reusing the marketable materials in accordance with the County Solid Waste District regulations. (Ord. 2019-123. Passed 11-4-19.)