For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"BUILDING MATERIALS." Any material, such as lumber, brick, plaster, roofing, gutters, or other substances accumulated as a result of repairs or additions to existing buildings, construction of new buildings or demolition of existing structures.
"BULK CONTAINER." A metal container, not to exceed eight cubic yards approved for use by the City Manager or designee.
"BULK WASTE." Furniture, mattresses, bedding, plumbing fixtures, ceramics, and other items too large to place in the garbage containers.
"COMMERCIAL WASTE." Garbage, ashes, or any other refuse resulting from institutions and commercial concerns, such as hotels, stores, restaurants, professional offices, churches, hospitals, and/or as determined by the Director of Public Works.
"DISCARDED APPLIANCES" or "WHITE GOODS." Household appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, ranges, washers, dryers, microwaves, and similar, as well as discarded parts from these items, but excluding televisions, computer equipment, and other similar electronics.
"GARBAGE CONTAINER." A roll cart type container manufactured for the disposal of residential garbage not to exceed 95 gallons with a lid and lifting bars for automatic dumping at curbside and containing a 64 gallon recycling bin.
"HAZARDOUS WASTE." Materials, whether garbage or trash, such as poison, acids, caustics, chemicals, infected materials, offal, fecal matter, used medical supplies, and explosives which constitute a health hazard.
"HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE." Solid waste materials from households, such as cardboard, plastic, wastepaper, rags, sweepings, and waste materials that ordinarily accumulate around a home, including the by-products of animal or vegetable foodstuffs resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, or other matter which is subject to decomposition, decay, putrefaction or the generation of noxious or offensive gasses or odors, or which during or after decay, may serve as breeding or feeding material for flies, insects, or animals.
"LITTER." Any type of litter, garbage or solid waste, or any other used or unused substance not properly discarded.
"SPECIAL WASTE." Refuse resulting from either domestic, commercial, or industrial manufacturing operation which requires special handling, such as sawdust, tires, steel springs, or other materials which would damage the city's loaders/refuse packers.
"TRASH." All refuse that cannot otherwise be classified as household garbage. It includes grass clippings, leaves, shrub, tree parts smaller than four-inch caliper and less than five feet long and similar types of yard and other natural debris, but excludes boxes, empty containers, scrap wood, metal, fabrics, furniture, appliances, electronics, and similar types of waste.
(Ord. passed 1-24-89; Am. Ord. passed 6-13-95; Am. Ord. 2024-003, passed - -24)