For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNCIL. The City Council of Flandreau, South Dakota.
FAMILY DOMESTIC UNIT. Any single independent family unit irrespective of the number of persons constituting such family but shall not include a situation where one or more independent families may be living together in any single residence or abode, but in such situation, each of such independent families shall be deemed and regarded as a separate and distinct FAMILY DOMESTIC UNIT. Each independent family unit living in multiple dwelling residences, apartment houses, or any type of residence, including trailer houses, shall each be deemed a FAMILY DOMESTIC UNIT. For the purpose of this chapter, a rooming house that supplies lodging for hire and which does not serve meals shall be deemed one FAMILY DOMESTIC UNIT.
GARBAGE. All organic refuse from the preparation of food and decayed or spoiled animal or vegetable food from any source.
REFUSE. Includes unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semi-liquid state consisting of garbage, rubbish, or a combination thereof.
RUBBISH. Includes non-putrescible solid waste consisting of combustible and noncombustible waste materials from residential apartments, and commercial, industrial, and institutional establishments including yard wastes and items commonly referred to as “trash”.
SOLID WASTE. Refuse, rubbish, garbage, trash, and bulky refuse.
TRASH. Includes earth, soil, wood, tree leaves, dead leaves, small branches, clay, sand, bricks, plaster, Portland cement, chips, shavings, grass cuttings, sticks, rocks, old papers and magazines, paper or wood cartons, rags, sawdust, old clothing, and other combustible materials of a like nature which are not included in the definition of garbage.
(Prior Code, § 11.0501)