As used in this chapter:
(a) "Garbage" means all putrescible wastes, (except human excreta, sewage and other water-carried wastes and recognizable industrial byproducts), including vegetables and animal offal, carcasses of dead animals and all such substances from all public or private establishments and from all residences.
(b) "Other refuse" means ashes, glass, crockery, cans, paper, boxes, rags and old clothing and all other similar nonputrescible wastes. The term does not include tree limbs or any materials such as earth, sand, brick, stone, concrete, plaster or other similar substances that may accumulate as a result of construction operations.
(c) "Householder" means the head of a family or a person maintaining separate living quarters and includes owners, tenants and occupants of all premises where garbage or other refuse is created. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to apply to commercial operators as defined in subsection (e) hereof.
(d) "Premises" means land or buildings or both, or parts of either or both, occupied by a householder or a commercial operator.
(e) "Commercial operator" means all persons, firms or corporations who own or operate stores, restaurants, industries, institutions and other similar places, public or private, charitable or noncharitable, and includes all responsible persons, other than householders, upon whose premises garbage or other refuse is created.
(Ord. 790. Passed 1-10-72.)