The following definitions are hereby adopted for the purpose of this chapter:
(a) "Collection contractor" means an individual or entity selected by the Municipality for the collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste, recyclable materials and yard waste generated at residential units, Municipal facilities and during special events within the Municipality.
(b) "Recyclable materials" means solid waste that is, or may be, collected, sorted, cleansed, treated, or reconstituted for return to commerce. Recyclable materials include, but are not limited to: corrugated cardboard, office paper, newspaper, fiber materials, glass containers, steel containers, aluminum containers (food and beverage containers only), plastic containers (including plastics 1-7).
(c) "Resident" means an adult occupant, owner or tenant of a residential unit.
(d) "Residential Unit" means all occupied residential dwellings within the corporate limits of the Municipality, including residences of three units or less, single-family homes, condominiums, or town homes.
(e) "Solid waste" means such unwanted residual solid or semisolid material as results from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and community operations, excluding earth or material from construction, mining or demolition operations, or other waste materials of the type that would normally be included in demolition debris, non-toxic fly ash, spent nontoxic foundry sand, and slag and other substances that are not harmful or inimical to public health, and includes, but is not limited to, garbage, tires, combustible and non-combustible material, street dirt, and debris. "Solid waste" does not include any material that is an infectious waste or a hazardous waste.
(f) "Yard waste" means solid waste consisting of all garden residues, leaves, grass clippings, shrubbery and tree trimmings less than one-quarter inch in diameter and similar material which has been separated at the point of generation or the point of collection from other solid waste in a separated container dedicated to yard waste collection. Yard waste mixed with other solid waste is solid waste.
(Ord. 25-2014. Passed 2-24-14.)