As used in this chapter:
(a) "Collecting agent" means the agent of the Village who has entered into a contract of employment with the Village for the regular collection of garbage and rubbish, and all of his or her duly authorized agents and employees connected with the collection and disposal of garbage and/or rubbish.
(b) "Collector" means the agent of the Village who has entered into a contract of employment with the Village for the regular collection of garbage or rubbish, and all of his or her duly authorized agents and employees connected with the collection and disposal of garbage or rubbish.
(c) "Commercial establishment" means and includes all premises and institutions, public or private, charitable or noncharitable, upon which garbage and/or rubbish is created.
(d) “Commingled recyclable materials” means all glass beverage bottles, food jars, plastic milk containers, plastic bottle and containers that have the numbers one and two stamped on them, with caps removed, and aluminum bimetal and steel cans. Containers that are contaminated with motor oil, antifreeze, pesticides and herbicides are excluded.
(e) "Garbage" means all putrescible waste, except sewage and body waste, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of small dead animals, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, and including all such substances from all public and private establishments and from all residences.
(f) "Householder" means the head of a family or a person maintaining his or her separate living room or quarters on premises, and includes owners, tenants and occupants of all premises upon which garbage and/or rubbish is accumulated.
(g) “Newspaper/magazines/cardboard” means newsprint used for printing newspapers and magazines and excludes all other paper products.
(h) "Premises" means land and/or buildings, or parts of either or both, occupied by one householder or commercial establishment.
(i) "Rubbish" means ashes, crockery, boots, shoes, hats and other clothing, but excluding any material in the nature of earth, sand, brick, stone, plaster, ashes or other substances that may accumulate as a result of building operations, and also excluding grass clippings and yard waste.
(j) “Yard waste” means leaves, dead plants, weeds and garden waste, dead trees or branches, wood chips, tree trunks eight inches or less in diameter, tree trimmings and prunings (including grass clippings).
(Ord. 747. Passed 2-20-68; Ord. 07-023. Passed 11-20-07.)