The following definitions are hereby adopted for the purpose of this chapter:
(a) "Garbage" includes all putrescible waste, except sewage and body waste, and includes vegetable and animal offal, but excludes recognizable industrial by-products.
(b) "Refuse" or "rubbish" includes non-putrescible, non-liquid wastes, such as ashes, cinders, tin cans, glass, bottles, rags, wastepaper, wood and paper boxes, grass, tree and shrub trimmings, leaves, furniture, rugs, refrigerators, stoves, washers, hot water heaters, Christmas trees and miscellaneous household items.
(c) "Householder" means one who maintains separate living quarters, whether owner or tenant, and distinguishable from a commercial user as defined in subsection (d) hereof.
(d) "Commercial user" means a firm or corporation operating a commercial or industrial establishment or institution, public or private. It excludes a household as defined in subsection (c) hereof.
(e) "Commercial hauler" means any person, firm or corporation holding a contract from the City to collect, transport and dispose of garbage and refuse of householders of the City.
(f) "Owner" means the owner of the premises, including the holder of title thereto subject to contract of purchase, a vendor in possession, a lessee or joint lessees of the whole thereof, or an agent or any other person, firm, corporation or fiduciary directly in control of the premises.
(Ord. 41-92. Passed 12-14-92.)