For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASHES.
The residue of the combustion of any type of solid fuel such as wood, coal, coke, charcoal and like substances.
BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION WASTES.
Waste materials and rubbish resulting from the construction, alteration or repair of buildings and structures such as walls, driveways, sidewalks and the like, and consists of wood, plaster, metal, cement, lime, brick, mortar, concrete, lathing, roofing, earth, stone, slag, cinders, structural members and like material. Large quantities (in excess of 75 pounds or 21 gallons) of such material will not be collected by the city.
COMBUSTIBLE WASTE.
Discarded, relatively dry, miscellaneous refuse material of either domestic or commercial origin which is capable of incineration or burning in a high temperature furnace, including wood, paper, newspaper, magazines, rags, excelsior, straw, leather, rubber, cardboard boxes and cartons, small tree branches and trimmings, shrubbery trimmings, leaves, grass, yard and garden rakings and other similar discarded articles of a combustible nature. Tin cans, glass, crockery, metal and like materials are excluded from COMBUSTIBLE WASTE.
DEAD ANIMALS.
The carcasses of dogs, cats, horses and all dead animals of like size, as distinguished from the carcasses of birds and small animals such as rats or mice.
EXTRAORDINARY COMMERCIAL WASTES.
Combustible wastes that accumulate in connection with the operation of the above enumerated enterprises, in excess of the quantity defined as ordinary commercial wastes.
GARBAGE.
All waste, animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter produced from or resulting from the use and storage of food for human consumption, of either domestic or commercial origin, and includes: spoiled food; meat scraps; and bones and the heads, feet, entrails and feathers of chickens and other fowl. Carcasses of small dead animals and birds shall be included as GARBAGE. Carcasses of dead cats, dogs and large animals will be classed as dead animals and are not to be considered as GARBAGE. Horse, dog, cat and other animal or bird manure is not acceptable as GARBAGE.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES.
Wastes that result from manufacturing, industrial and wholesale businesses. Such wastes will not be collected by the city.
NONCOMBUSTIBLE WASTE.
Discarded miscellaneous refuse of either domestic or commercial origin which is incapable of being burned or incinerated. It includes tin cans, bottles, jars and other glassware, crockery and other earthenware, downspouts, guttering and other tinware, auto parts, pipe and other metallic substances, including bed springs and metal furniture. All discarded articles, an appreciable part of which is incapable of incineration or burning, such as door and window screens, window sash, spring upholstered furniture, innerspring mattresses and the like shall be classed as NONCOMBUSTIBLE WASTE.
ORDINARY COMMERCIAL WASTES.
A defined quantity of general and usual combustible wastes that accumulate in connection with the operation of any retail grocery, fruit and vegetable store, meat market, restaurant or cafeteria, club, lodge, church, hospital or any commercial enterprise for profit which produces garbage and combustible waste in appreciable quantities as a result of the operation of such business. Such waste shall include garbage and combustible waste as herein defined, but shall exclude ashes and noncombustible waste. The Mayor shall define the limits for the quantity of ORDINARY COMMERCIAL WASTES as distinguished from extraordinary commercial wastes.
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REFUSE.
All trash, rubbish, garbage, offal, ashes and other refuse or discarded matter required to be removed from public and private places. It does not include recognized by-products of any business or industry having commercial value and regularly handled in the ordinary course of business, unless such by-products or the handling of them shall become a nuisance or menace to the public health.
(Ord. 5455, passed 2-26-1963)