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For the purposes of this chapter the following words and terms shall be understood as having the following meanings:
“Ashes” means all ashes of wood, coal and coke; the residue resulting from the combustion of any material or substance, soot, cinders, slag or charcoal.
"Dwelling unit" has the meaning ascribed to that term in section 17-17-0248 .
“Garbage” means rejected organic matter, household food, cooking grease or kindred refuse, manure, swill or carrion.
“Grease container” means any container used for the storage, collection or removal of cooking grease or kindred refuse.
“Junk” means old iron, chain, brass, copper, tin, lead or other base metals, old rope, old bags, rags, wastepaper, paper clippings, scraps of woolens, clips, bagging, rubber and glass, and empty bottles of different kinds and sizes when the number of each kind of size is less than one gross, and all articles and things discarded or no longer used as a manufactured article composed of, or consisting of, any one or more of the materials or articles herein mentioned. Junk includes items and materials stored for resale with no more processing than sorting, crushing or separation from other items and materials.
“Litter” includes but is not limited to the following: (a) picnic or eating utensils, such as paper plates, cups, napkins, towels, plastic utensils, metal foil, cellophane, wax paper, paper bags or any food wrappings; (b) liquid or beverage containers such as beer, soft-drink and juice cans, beer, soft-drink, liquor and wine bottles, and milk or juice cartons; (c) tobacco and confection wrappers, such as cigarette packages, candy, ice cream, Popsicle, gum or any other type of dessert or confection wrapping or container; (d) food wastes, such as fruit or vegetable peelings, pulp, rinds, leftovers or any other type of table wastes; (e) newspapers, books, placards, handbills, pamphlets, circulars, notices or papers of any type; (f) or any other type of rubbish, garbage, refuse matter, article, thing or substance such as discarded clothing, boxes, dust, manure or ashes.
“Litter basket” means any container suitable for the storage and collection of litter on the public way or private parking lot properties.
“Manure” means the excrement of all domestic animals and fowl, stable bedding, and all hay, straw, shavings, grass and weeds, or leaves which have been used for stable or fowlhouse bedding.
"Multiple dwelling" means a building that contains 2 or more dwelling units.
“Occupational unit” means a property or part of a property designed, intended, or used for any business purpose other than a single dwelling or multiple dwelling.
“Retail establishment” means each separate store location, whether or not affiliated with any other store location, where goods or services are offered for sale to the consuming public.
“Refuse” means all garbage, junk, ashes, and all other rejected matter, rubbish, and dust.
"Single dwelling" means a building that contains no more than one dwelling unit.
"Unified statement of charges" has the same definition ascribed to that term in section 11-12-010,
(Prior code § 99-14; Amend Coun. J. 4-15-95, p. 67576; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66564; Amend Coun. J. 7-7-99, p. 6985; Amend Coun. J. 5-2-01, p. 57399, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 12062, Art. IX, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-16, p. 18540, § 1)
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