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Sec. 44-1. Definitions.
   The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
      Brush/trimmings means tree and shrub trimmings and grass clippings.
      Commercial account means a municipal solid waste collection account for a business, such as hotels, restaurants, industrial/manufacturing operations, prisons, hospitals, nursing homes, apartment complexes, mobile home parks, recreational vehicle parks, etc.
      Debris includes dirt, concrete, rocks, bricks, construction material or other similar wastes.
      Garbage includes, among similar matter, animal or vegetable (and/or other matter) waste materials and refuse resulting from the handling, packing, preparation, processing, cooking, consumption, dealing in, canning, storage, transportation, decay, or decomposition of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits, grains, or other animal or vegetable matter (including but not by way of limitation, used tin cans and other food containers; including all putrescible waste matter which is likely to attract flies or rodents), except (in all cases) any matter included in the definition of bulky waste in section 44-101, dead animals, hazardous waste, or rubbish.
      Hazardous waste means any solid waste identified or listed as hazardous waste by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
      Industrial solid waste includes any solid waste resulting from and/or incidental to any process of industry, manufacturing, mining or agricultural operations, including:
      (1)   Class I—toxic, corrosive, flammable, strong sanitized or irritant that presents a danger to human life;
      (2)   Class II—waste that is not Class I or III; or
      (3)   Class III—inert or insoluble materials such as rock, brick, glass, dirt, or plastics.
      Municipal solid waste or MSW includes solid waste resulting from or incidental to municipal, community, commercial, institutional and recreational activities.
      Residential account means an account for municipal solid waste collection for residential units, single-family dwellings, and multiple-family dwellings, etc.
      Special waste includes:
      (1)   Small quantities of hazardous waste;
      (2)   Healthcare facility waste (i.e., medical waste);
      (3)   Municipal water and wastewater sludge;
      (4)   Septic tank waste;
      (5)   Grease and grit trap waste;
      (6)   Slaughterhouse waste;
      (7)   Dead animals;
      (8)   Used acid batteries;
      (9)   Oil filters;
      (10)   ACM or PCB materials;
      (11)   White goods which contained Freon, unless certified free by licensed service person; and
      (12)   Any other waste requiring special handling.
      Trash includes any household trash and any refuse other than garbage, debris or brush, as herein defined.
(Prior Code, § 11-1; Ord. of 9-14-1993; Ord. of 9-11-2014; Ord. No. 003-2022, § 5, 1-25-2022)