For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNTY MANAGER. The County Manager or his or her authorized agent.
GARBAGE. All putrescible wastes, including animal and vegetable matter, animal offal and carcasses and recognizable industrial byproducts but excluding sewage and human wastes.
HEALTH DIRECTOR. The Environmental Health Director of the County Health Department or his or her authorized agent.
REFUSE. All nonputrescible wastes.
SOLID WASTE. Garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash and other discarded solid materials, including solid materials resulting from homes, businesses, industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and from community activities, but not including solids or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial waste water effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or other common water pollutants.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTOR. Any person who collects or transports solid waste other than one who removes solid waste from his or her own premises.
(Prior Code, § 50.01) (Ord. passed 6-7-1976)