For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT 641. Michigan Public Act 641 of 1978, as amended.
ACT 641 PLAN. The Wayne County Solid Waste Management Plan approved by the Wayne County Board of Commissioners, by two-thirds of the cities, villages and townships in Wayne County and by the Director of the MDNR, pursuant to the requirements and provisions of Act 641, and any updates thereof and any amendments thereto adopted in accordance with Act 641.
AGREEMENT. The Solid Waste Disposal and Service Agreement entered into between the Authority and the city as of the first day of April, 1992.
AUTHORITY. The Central Wayne County Sanitation Authority, a Michigan public corporation organized and existing under Public Act 179 of 1947, as amended, being M.C.L.A. 123.301 through 123.310.
CITY. The City of Garden City.
CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION DEBRIS. Non-hazardous wastes generated from construction and demolition activities, including but not limited to concrete, asphalt, wood, metal and plaster.
DISPOSAL FEE. The fee or fees established by the Authority pursuant to the Agreement for receiving, storing, processing and/or disposing of solid waste at the plant.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Any material or substance which by reason of its composition or characteristics is hazardous waste as defined in the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 USC 6901 et seq., as amended, replaced or superseded, and the regulations implementing the same; or material the disposal of which is regulated by the Toxic Substance Control Act, 15 USC 2601 et seq., as amended, replaced or superseded, and the regulations implementing the same; or special nuclear or by-products material within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or hazardous waste as defined in Public Act 451 of 1994, being M.C.L.A. §§ 324.11101 et seq., as amended, and as identified in administrative rules promulgated from time to time pursuant to the provisions of the Act by the Director of the Department of Natural Resources.
INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL WASTE. Non-hazardous wastes generated by industrial users, which, due to their size or composition, require special handling and/or disposal procedures, including but not limited to foundry, sand, incinerator/boiler bottom ash, fly ash, sludges, scrap pallets and other wastes from manufacturing processes which require special handling and/or disposal procedures, or industrial facilities that are owned at the date of adoption of this chapter or at any time thereafter by persons that own a landfill licensed under Public Act 641 of 1979 and Public Act 451 of 1994, being M.C.L.A. §§ 324.11101 et seq., as amended; are in Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) major group codes 20 through 39; and manufacture, process or otherwise use a toxic chemical listed pursuant to Title III of the Superfund Amendments and the Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), section 313 (40 CFR 372).
NON-BURNABLE RUBBISH. Material which, due to its nature or size, cannot be economically processed by the plant, and shall include all cans, drums or similar containers used for paint, oil, lacquers, turpentine, cleaning fluids and the like; ashes, cinders, sand, earth, discarded metal furniture, pipe, structural steel, stoves, refrigerators, automobile parts; explosives, chemicals, radioactive material and similar material; highly combustible materials such as gasoline, kerosene, paint thinners, asphalt or tar, as well as products impregnated with the above and similar types of liquids or compounds; and materials such as lumber, scrap wood, cartons, crates, tree trimmings and other combustible materials in lengths over three feet.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, public or private corporation, partnership, trust, public or private agency or any other entity, or any group of such persons.
PLANT. The incinerator plant of the Authority and the site therefor and all other properties (as the same may from time to time exist) used or useful in connection therewith.
PREMISES. Any area used for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes, separately or in combination to which a separate street address, postal address or box, tax roll description, or similar identification has been assigned or is in use by a person having control of the area.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Include the following commingled and/or pre-sorted materials that are separated from solid waste prior to the collection of solid waste from a site of generation and left at the site of generation or at a drop-off center for collection; high grade paper, glass, metal, plastic, aluminum, newspaper, corrugated paper and yard clippings.
REGULATIONS. The rules and regulations concerning the collections and processing or disposal adopted by the City Council pursuant to § 54.23.
SITE OF GENERATION. Any premises in the city in or on which solid waste is generated by a person.
SOLID WASTE. Garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, solid commercial and solid industrial waste, and animal waste; provided, however, that this definition shall not include hazardous waste, recyclable materials, industrial special waste, construction/demolition debris, non-burnable rubbish, lead acid batteries, municipal sludges, human body waste, liquid or other waste regulated by statute, ferrous or non-ferrous scrap directed to a scrap metal processor or to a re-user of ferrous or non-ferrous products, slag or slag products directed to a slag processor or to a re-user of slag or slag products, sludges and ashes managed as recycled or non-detrimental materials appropriate for agricultural or silvicultural use pursuant to a plan approved by the Director of the MDNR, materials approved for emergency disposal by the Director of the MDNR and fly ash or other ash produced from the combustion of coal when used as set forth in Section 7(1) of Act 641.
SOLID WASTE HAULER LICENSE. A license issued to a waste hauler pursuant to the provisions of § 54.23(D).
WASTE HAULER. Any person other than the city engaged in the business of collecting and transporting, delivering and disposing of solid waste originating within the city.
YARD CLIPPINGS. Fallen leaves, cut grass, lake weeds or other organic debris that can be converted to humus.
(‘83 Code, § 55.01) (Ord. 93-001, passed 1-4-93)