For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"ASHES." Refuse resulting from the burning of wood, coal, coke, and other combustible material.
"AUTOMOTIVE WASTE." Tires, wheels, shock absorbers, body parts, and chassis.
"BUILDING RUBBISH." Refuse from the construction, remodeling, and repair of houses, commercial buildings, and other structures, included but not limited to excavating earth, stones, brick, lumber, plaster, concrete, shingles, insulation, and waste parts generated by the installation and replacement of structures and facilities.
"BULK CONTAINERS." A waterproof metal container of not less than one nor more than six cubic yards in size, equipped with a liquid drain and a hinged lid, and compatible with the town's collection vehicles.
"GARBAGE." Animal and vegetable refuse resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, including a minimum amount of liquid necessarily incidental thereto.
"INDUSTRIAL WASTE." Waste from factories, processing plants, and other manufacturing enterprises.
"MOBILE REFUSE CONTAINERS." Rolling, plastic, and steel refuse containers with a capacity of 80 to 90 gallons, designed for storage of residential and small business refuse and capable of being automatically dumped by the town's residential and business collection equipment.
"PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR." The Town Director of the Public Works Department providing sanitation service or his designated agent.
"RUBBISH." Refuse (exclusive of garbage and ashes) including but not limited to paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, rubber, leather, tree bush and hedge branch cuttings and trimmings, yard trimmings, grass, leaves, pine straw, tin cans, metal, glass, crockery, dirt, earth, dust, garden plants, tobacco leaves, corn shucks, and the like.
"WASTE." Unwanted or discarded material resulting from community activities including solids, liquids, and gases.
(Ord. 80-81-5, passed 9-8-80; Am. Ord. 85-86-10, passed 5-12-86)