For the purpose of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings as indicated:
(1) "Solid waste." The term "solid waste" as hereinafter referred to in this chapter, shall include garbage; rubbish; ashes; and all other putrescent and non-putrescent, combustible materials originating from the preparation, cooking, and consumption of food; market refuse; and waste from the handling and sale of produce and other similar unwanted materials; but shall not include sewage, human body wastes, or recognizable industrial by-products, from all residences and establishments, public and private.
(2) "Refuse." All putrescent wastes, except sewage and human body wastes, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, from all public and private residences and establishments.
(3) "Rubbish." All non-putrescent waste materials from all public and private residences and establishments.
(4) "Collector." Any person, firm, corporation, or political subdivision, which collects, transports, or disposes of any refuse within the corporate limits of the City of Cookeville.
(5) "Enforcement officer." The Director of the City of Cookeville Department of Public Works or other city official appointed or designated by the City Manager of the City of Cookeville to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(6) "Infectious wastes." The term "infectious waste" means waste which contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity so that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease. For purposes of this policy, the following waste shall be considered to be infectious waste:
(a) "Human blood and blood products." Waste human blood and blood products such as serum, plasma, and other blood components.
(b) "Pathological wastes." Pathological wastes, such as tissues, organs, body parts, and body fluids.
(c) "Contaminated sharps." All discarded sharps (e.g. hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass, scalpel blades) used in patient care or which have come into contact with infectious agents during use in medical, research, or industrial laboratories.
(7) "Construction waste." The term "construction waste" shall mean materials from construction, demolition, remodeling, construction site preparation, including but not limited to rocks, trees, debris, dirt, bricks, fill, plaster, and all types of scrap building materials.
(8) "Dumpster." The term "dumpster" shall mean steel waste receptacles of not less than 4 cubic yards and not more than 40 cubic yards designed for the storage of solid waste. The containers shall meet industry standards for service.
(9) "Roll out container." The term "roll out container" shall mean a standard city issued 96-gallon container designed for the storage of solid waste prior to collection.
(Ord. #001-06-08, Sept. 2001, as amended by Ord. #006-10-23, Dec. 2006)