As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
COMMERCIAL GARBAGE: Refers to garbage produced in commercial establishments, public or quasi-public institutions or establishments, including restaurants, hotels, motels and similar establishments.
COMMUNITY WASTE: Lawn cuttings, clippings from bushes and shrubs, leaves and trees and tree branches.
CONTAINER OR REGULATION CONTAINER: A type of garbage or trash container of galvanized metal or other approved material and having a tightfitting lid or properly and sufficiently treated weather resistant paper bag manufactured specifically for use in garbage and refuse collection.
GARBAGE: Waste from the preparation, handling, storing, cooking or consumption of food and food products.
LITTERING: The willful or negligent throwing, dropping, placing, depositing, or sweeping of solid waste onto any premises other than in approved storage container and sites.
REFUSE: All waste matter, except garbage, attending or resulting from the occupancy of residences, apartments, hotels or other places of dwelling and from the operation of a business. Refuse shall not be deemed to include industrial waste or waste matter resulting from the construction, demolition or repair of a building or other structure.
RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE: Garbage produced in places of private residence and dining halls not open to the public.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT: Shall include any dwelling unit except for: a) any residential or apartment complex greater than a fourplex; and b) trailer or manufactured/mobile homes located in trailer or manufactured home parks. Residential or apartment complexes greater than fourplexes and trailer or manufactured/mobile homes located in trailer or manufactured home parks shall be deemed business or commercial enterprises and not subject to the residential unit charge. Said complexes and trailer and manufactured/mobile homes shall be responsible for their own garbage, refuse and waste pick up and disposal. Each unit or apartment in a duplex, triplex or fourplex shall be considered a separate residential unit. (1979 Code § 10-411; amd. Res. 8-79, 8-21-1979, eff. 9-1-1979; 1998 Code; Ord. 2004-4, 12-16-2004; Ord. 2020-2, 6-10-2020)