951.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this section:
   (a)   “Residential unit” means the place of abode of persons living separately or together as an independent family.
   (b)   “Double-family residence” means the grouping together of two residential units under a common roof.
   (c)   “Multi-family residence” or “apartment” means the grouping together of three or more residential units under a common roof.
   (d)   “Garbage” means the waste or offal of any fish, fowl, fruit, vegetable or animal matter resulting from the preparation of food for human consumption from houses, kitchens, hotels, restaurants, markets, rental property, boarding houses, etc.
      (Ord. 1990-17. Passed 3-26-90.)
   (e)   “Refuse” means paper, barrels, boxes, baskets, wood, rags, old shoes, leather, carpets, broken glass, crockery, rubber, ashes, discarded furniture, including beds, springs, mattresses, overstuffed furniture and other furniture, appliances, bicycles, sleds, swing sets, tools and comparable material and yard refuse materials. However, the term does not include earth, sod, rocks, concrete, bricks, stones, sand, plaster or other substances accumulating as a result of building construction or remodeling and trees or parts thereof, except small branches bundled as provided herein. This term also does not include the material defined under “recyclable material”.
   (f)   “Compost” means grass, clippings, weeds, Christmas trees, bushes and brush and branch clippings, when securely bound in bundles not exceeding four feet in length.
      (Ord. 2012-48. Passed 6-25-12.)
   (g)   “Director” means the Director of Public Services of the City.
   (h)   “Recyclable material” means ferrous (tin) and non-ferrous (aluminum cans), mixed papers (newspaper, glossy inserts, cardboard, magazines, catalogs, phone books, paperback books, junk mail, office, computer paper, envelopes, greeting cards, cereal, pop and food boxes, milk and juice cartons, file folders, shredded paper), glass bottles, PET/HDPE plastic bottles with the recycle symbol marked #1 through #7, and cardboard. (Plastic bags are NOT recyclable and must be placed in rubbish container)
   (i)   “Recycling container” means a blue 64 gallon automated Toter container in which glass bottles and jars, aluminum and tin cans, newspapers, plastic beverage containers and cardboard are to be placed and co-mingled, according to instructions, by the occupants of each residential unit. Such bins must meet the requirements of the Director. (Ord. 2015-27. Passed 5-11-15.)