For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASHES. Residue resulting from the combustion of coal, coke, wood or other material in domestic, industrial or commercial stoves, furnaces or boilers.
CART. A 95-gallon cart for garbage and/or refuse with a serial number provided for the city for automated collection which is assigned to a residential unit.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any unit other than a residential unit where garbage or trash is produced including, but not limited to, offices, retail and wholesale establishments, restaurants, hotels, manufacturing plants and any similar establishments or endeavors operating for profit or providing service.
GARBAGE. Material collectively defined as ashes, prepared and raw garbage, and trash.
PREPARED AND RAW GARBAGE. Waste materials from kitchens, dining rooms and similar places from which liquids have been drained.
REFUSE. All sweepings, trash, rubbish, litter, garbage, industrial or domestic waste, organic waste, residue of animals sold as meat, feed, fruit or other vegetable matter from kitchens, dining rooms, markets or places dealing in or handling meats, fowls, fruits, grains or vegetables, ashes and cinders, offal, animal excretions and accumulated waste materials or substances which may become nuisances; provided that, any of the aforesaid items must occur in volumes greater than one cubic feet.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT. Any place or residence of abode for which there is electric or water service and is occupied.
SPECIAL HAUL MATERIAL. Waste materials such as dirt, wood, stone, brick, plaster or materials resulting from the demolition, alteration or construction of buildings or structures, or yard trimmings or material larger than four inches in diameter or too large to fit within a cart when covered by its lid, or discarded fruit.
SPECIAL HAUL MATERIAL. Material that will not fit inside the cart or any containers provided to commercial establishments.
TRASH. Waste material containing no putrid matter.
YARD MATERIAL. Waste material from tree and shrub trimmings, yard and grass trimmings, leaves, brush and uprooted trees or shrubs.
(Ord. 05-14-11A, passed 12-16-2005)