For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASHES. Residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings.
GARBAGE. Waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; waste from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
REFUSE. Combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; non-combustible trash, including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral wastes; street rubbish, including, but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catchbasin dirt, contents of litter receptacles; provided, refuse shall not include earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid waste resulting from industrial processes in manufacturing operations such as food-processing waste, boiler-house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings.
YARD WASTE. Grass, weeds, yard trimmings, leaves, tree branches, vines, plant material, tree stumps and bushes, which shall be placed b the customer near the road or alley.
(1986 Code, § 5.14.010) (Ord. 19-0924-185, passed 9-24-2019)