941.01 DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Residential Unit" shall be held to designate or include the place of abode of a person or persons living separately or together as an independent family.
(b) "Multiple Unit Residence or Apartment" shall be held to designate or include the grouping together of two or more Residential Units or apartments.
(c) "Curbside" means close to the traveled portion of the street or roadway, but in such a manner as to avoid interference with the safe and free flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
(d) "Construction Debris" shall mean any refuse or other substances or materials resulting from the construction, reconstruction, renovation or repair of any structure.
(e) "Recyclable Material" shall mean those materials designated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Solid Waste Authority as recyclable. The Director of Public Service or the Director's designee shall define those recyclables to be included in the curbside recycle collection program for the City of Cuyahoga Falls.
(1) "Newspaper" means used or discarded newsprint which has a minimum contamination by food or other material;
(2) "Magazine" shall mean a periodical subscribed to or purchased from the newsstand which has both the outside cover and the inside pages coated with the same glossy material;
(3) "Metal Food Containers" means an aluminum, bi-metal, steel, tin-plated steel, or other metallic can used to package food or beverage products suitable for human or animal consumption;
(4) "Glass Food Containers" means a glass bottle or jar of any shape or size used to package food or beverage products suitable for human or animal consumption; and
(5) "Plastic Container" means PET or HDPE containers only and no other plastic container is included.
(f) "Recycling Cart" means a storage unit provided by the City in which recyclable material is to be placed and co-mingled by the occupants of each Residential Unit for curbside pickup.
(g) "Recycling Facility" means a facility for the collection, sorting, processing, transfer or sale of recyclable materials for the purpose of reclaiming material therefrom.
(h) "Yard Waste" means leaves, grass clippings, weeds, brush or branch clippings and small limbs. Branches and limbs cannot exceed two inches in diameter nor five feet in length and must be bundled and tied. Full service Residential Unit customers are permitted five bundles of brush a week without an additional fee.
(i) "Yard Waste Cart" is a residential refuse container purchased by the City and issued to full service recycling customers for a deposit as determined by the Director of Public Service or designee. The carts are suitable for semi-automated and automated collection and can be requested in Large or Small size.
(j) "Composting" means the controlled biological decomposition of organic solid wastes.
(k) “Hazardous Waste" means any substance designated by the Ohio EPA as hazardous that, if handled or disposed of improperly, poses a potential threat to people and the environment.
(l) "Small Quantity Generators (SQG)" of hazardous wastes as listed in the Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Volume 45/No. 98/Subpart D shall be held to designate all businesses that generate between one hundred and one thousand kilograms of hazardous wastes per month.
(m) "Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQG)" of hazardous wastes as listed in the Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Volume 45/No. 98/Subpart "D" shall be held to designate all businesses that generate below one hundred kilograms of hazardous wastes per month.
(n) "Corrugated Cardboard" is a three-ply box material, wavy layer sandwiched between two paperboard-layers, used for packing.
(o) “Drop-Off Site" is a site designated by the Superintendent where residents can drop off authorized recyclables.
(p) "Large Cart" is a residential refuse container purchased by the City and issued to full service customers. The carts are suitable for semi-automated and automated collection and range from 95-96 gallons.
(q) "Small Cart" is a residential refuse container purchased by the City and issued to limited service customers. The carts are suitable for semi-automated and automated collection and range from 48-65 gallons.
(Ord. 118-2021. Passed 12-28-21.)