For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASHES. Residue resulting from the burning of wood, coal or other combustible material.
BUILDING MATERIAL. Lumber, brick, stone, carpet, plumbing materials, plaster, concrete, floor coverings, roofing material, gutters or other materials or substances accumulated as a result of construction, repairs or additions to existing structures or accessory structures or demolition of them.
BULK CONTAINER. A metal container of a minimum size of two cubic yards and a maximum of eight cubic yards, made of watertight construction with doors opening on two sides and top, constructed so that it can be emptied mechanically by specially equipped trucks.
BULKY ITEMS. Items such as household furnishings, household appliances, mattresses, box springs, lawn equipment (i.e., mowers, wheelbarrows) and similar household items. No large white goods, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers or dishwashers, will be accepted.
BUSINESS BUILDING. Any structure, whether public or private, that is adapted for the transaction of business, for rendering of professional services, for amusement, for the display or sale or storage of goods, wares, merchandise, articles or equipment, including hotels, apartment houses, rooming houses, office buildings, public buildings, stores, theaters, markets, restaurants, abattoirs (slaughterhouses), warehouses, sheds, barns and other structures on premises used for or adapted to business purposes.
BUSINESS TRASH. Any waste accumulation of paper, cardboard, packaging materials, rags or accumulations of incidental garbage other than household trash, which is associated with the operation of stores, offices and nonresidential units.
COLLECTION. The act of removing solid waste from a point of generation to an approved disposal site. COLLECTION shall be at the curb for rollout (or backyard in special circumstances), yard waste and recyclable collection.
DESIGNATED COLLECTION AREA(S). The geographic location to which the town is responsible for providing solid waste collection services. Collection points shall be at the curb for rollout, yard waste and recyclables collection.
ESTABLISHMENTS. Single-family units, special residential units, multi-family units, nonresidential units and town-owned nonresidential units.
FOUL ODOR. Offensive odors emanating from but not limited to garbage.
GARBAGE. The byproduct of animal or vegetable foodstuffs resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or other matter subject to decomposition, decay, putrefaction and/or the generation of noxious or offensive gases or odors, or which during and/or after decay may serve as breeding or feeding material for flies, insects and/or animals. All refuse resulting from the use and maintenance of property, regardless of the nature of the activity thereon, except GARBAGE. (Sometimes referred to as TRASH.)
HAZARDOUS WASTES. The following is an explanation of hazardous waste as published in the State Hazardous Waste Law adopted for the Federal Environment Protection Agency (EPA). For the purposes of this chapter, the definition HAZARDOUS WASTE has been condensed. The items defined are not inclusive of all items specified by the EPA regulations. HAZARDOUS WASTE is defined as potentially dangerous byproducts of our highly industrialized society that cannot be handled, treated or disposed of without special precautions. It includes ignitable, corrosive, reactive and toxic wastes such as acetone, gasoline and industrial alcohol, alkaline cleaners, acids, cyanide and chlorine, arsenic, pesticide wastes, drugs, paint, caustics, infected material, offal, fecal matter (human and animal), explosives and any other material of similar nature.
HOUSEHOLD TRASH. Any waste accumulation of paper, sweepings, rags, bottles, cans or other matter of any kind, which is usually attendant to housekeeping, excluding recyclables and garbage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. All waste, including solids, semisolids, sludges and liquids created by factories, processing plants or other manufacturing enterprises.
INSPECTOR. The person or persons designated by the Town Manager to perform the duties and responsibilities assigned by this chapter to the Inspector.
LITTER. Any discarded humanmade materials, including but not limited to solid waste materials, industrial materials, household trash, business trash, building materials, scrap materials and hazardous waste as those terms are defined in this chapter.
MULTI-FAMILY UNIT. Any apartment, group of apartments or condominiums used for dwelling places of three or more families.
NONRESIDENTIAL UNIT. Any retail, manufacturing, wholesale, institutional, religious, nonprofit organization, governmental or other unit not primarily used for residential purposes.
PERSON. Any person, owner, agent, corporation, partnership, association, firm, receiver, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, fiduciary, occupant, lessee, tenant or representative or group of individuals or entities of any kind.
PHYSICAL DISABILITY. A medical condition, verified by a registered physician, that makes an individual either physically unable to bring a rollout container to the curbside for collection, and/or that makes undertaking such an act clearly and seriously threatening to that person’s health.
PORTABLE PACKING UNIT. A metal container, not exceeding 4,500 pounds gross weight, with a four- to eight-cubic-yard capacity, that contains a packing mechanism and an internal or external power unit.
PREMISES. Lots, sidewalks, right-of-way, grass strips or curbs up to the edge of the pavement of any public street.
RECYCLABLE. Material designated as capable of being sorted, processed, transported and sold to markets for the remanufacture of like or different products. Items include newspapers and accompanying inserts, glass food and beverage containers, plastic soft drink and liquor bottles, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans, steel or tin cans, yard waste and other items determined to be recyclable by the Solid Waste Department.
RECYCLABLES CART. A plastic cart furnished by the town or town-designated private collector, and distributed for use in the residential recyclables collection program.
REFUSE. Solid waste accumulations consisting of garbage, household trash, yard waste and business trash as herein defined.
REFUSE CONTAINER. A metal or plastic container resistant to rust, corrosion or rapid deterioration.
REGULAR COLLECTION. All collection services offered recurrently, at least once per week, which include the collection of vegetable and food wastes in a manner safe to public health.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE. Garbage and trash, which may include glass jars, bottles, steel cans, plastic soda and liquor bottles, newspaper and inserts, plastic milk and water jugs, and other solid waste including yard waste. RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE shall not include discarded building materials, trees, brush and other material resulting from the activities of building contractors or lawn services, larger quantities of sod, dirt and trash from land clearing or other material requiring special handling.
ROLLOUT CART. A container, having wheels and a hinged lid, issued by the town or by a firm under contract with the town, for the disposal of refuse as defined and prepared in accordance with this subchapter.
SCRAP METAL. Any item creating a littered condition, including but not limited to dilapidated furniture, appliances, machinery, equipment, building material, automotive parts, tires or other similar items that are either in a wholly or partially rusted, wrecked, junked, dismantled or in inoperative condition.
SEPARATE COLLECTION. All collection of specifically defined materials not associated with regular collection practices.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT. Any dwelling occupied by one family.
SOLID WASTE. Accumulations consisting of any combination of business trash, garbage, household trash, bulky items, yard waste, recyclables and scrap materials, and shall be collected through curbside trash, rollout, recyclables, yard waste, bulky items or business trash collection activities.
SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL UNIT. Any duplex, triplex or quadruplex.
TRASH. The byproduct of animal or vegetable foodstuffs resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or other matter subject to decomposition, decay, putrefaction and/or the generation of noxious or offensive gases or odors, or which, during and/or after decay, may serve as breeding or feeding material for flies, insects and/or animals. All refuse resulting from the use and maintenance of property, regardless of the nature of the activity thereon, except garbage. (Sometimes referred to as GARBAGE).
WASTE. All useless, unwanted or discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural and residential activities (excluding sewage).
YARD WASTE. Grass, weeds, leaves, tree trimmings, plants, shrubbery prunings and other similar materials generated in the maintenance of yards and gardens, and which are separated from other solid waste materials and placed in a designated recycling collection area. YARD WASTE shall not include trees, tree limbs, brush and other material resulting from commercial tree trimmers and/or commercial lawn care services.
(Ord. eff. 12-10-2001; Ord. eff. 11-10-2014)