For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASBESTOS MATERIAL, REGULATED. Must contain greater than 1% asbestos by weight and is:
(1) Friable asbestos material;
(2) Category I non-friable ACM that has become friable;
(3) Category I non-friable ACM that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting or abrading; or
(4) Category II non-friable ACM that has a high probability of becoming or has become crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by the forces expected to act on the material in the course of demolition or renovation operations.
BULKY WASTE. Metal, upholstered furniture, appliances or “white goods,” tires, automobile frames or parts, mattresses and box springs, and other bulky materials.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE (CDW). Material waste, grubbing waste and rubble from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition of buildings, bridges and other structures, to include lumber, plaster, shingles (wood or asphalt), tar paper and other non-hazardous waste ordinarily associated with construction or demolition. CDW will also include rubble which includes earth or dirt, brick, cement blocks, broken asphalt or concrete, sand or gravel, and rocks.
CONTAINER, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. A solid waste container that is of the size and type approved and provided by the city or the municipal solid waste collector, and is constructed to prevent the blowing or unintentional discharge of garbage or trash.
GREEN WASTE. Large brush, stumps and large dead trees.
INFECTIOUS WASTE.
(1) Includes material containing pathogens of sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to such material by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease. Such materials include, but are not limited to the following:
(a) Isolation waste, material generated by contact with hospitalized patients who are isolated to protect others from communicable diseases as defined by the centers for disease control;
(b) Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, specimen cultures from medical or pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research or industrial laboratories, waste from the production of biologicals, and discarded live and attenuated vaccines, together with any culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate or mix cultures or other such agents;
(c) Human blood and blood products, all waste human blood and blood products such as serum, plasma and other blood components;
(d) Pathological waste consisting of tissue, organs, body parts or body fluids that are removed during surgery or autopsy;
(e) Contaminated sharps, including hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass, scalpel blades and other similar items which have come in contact with infectious agents during use in patient care, medical research or pathological investigations;
(f) Contaminated animal carcasses, body parts and bedding, including all such materials exposed to pathogens in research and the production of biologicals; and
(g) Miscellaneous contaminated waste including materials contaminated by contact with pathogens during surgery, autopsy, laboratory testing or experimentation, materials which were in contact with the blood of patients, and all other materials contaminated by contact with pathogens.
(2) Exception:
INFECTIOUS WASTE shall not include material which has been rendered noninfectious by autoclaving, incineration or other processes recognized and accepted by the medical profession, or material determined to be not accepted by the medical profession, or material determined to be not infectious by a responsible, authorized licensed practitioner at the facility at which such wastes were generated, provided, however, that the City Council shall have final authority, with sound discretion, to determine what is and what is not infectious waste.
LIQUID WASTE. Liquids or waste containing free moisture.
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE and MOBILE HOME PARK PATRON. Includes duplexes, four-plexes, apartment buildings with less than 50 residential units located in one building, and any structure or series of structures that contain multiple residential units that are served by a common water meter. Apartment buildings with more than 50 residential units in a single building shall be considered as “commercial” for purposes of this contract. Mobile home parks are defined as two or more mobile homes collectively served by a common water meter.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW). The non-hazardous waste normally generated in households or commercial retail businesses, but excludes bulky waste, green waste, construction and demolition wastes, automobiles, ashes, street sweepings and sewage sludge. The term GARBAGE may be used interchangeably with MSW and shall carry the same definition as MSW. MSW will include kitchen refuse, cans, glass bottles or jars, paper, cardboard and other materials ordinarily generated in households and retail businesses.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE HAULER. Any person, firm, company or corporation that is in the business of contracting for the picking up and disposal of municipal solid waste as defined in this chapter.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION FACILITY. As permitted by the State Department of Environment and Natural Resources, also referred to as the MRF (MUNICIPAL RECOVERY FACILITY).
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PATRON. A person or persons residing as a single family unit in a single-family dwelling unit where each individual dwelling unit is serviced by an individual city water meter.
SPECIAL WASTES. Includes all hazardous wastes, regulated asbestos materials, liquid wastes, infectious wastes and other wastes requiring special handling under any state, federal or city law or regulations.
TOXIC WASTE. Any waste which is defined as toxic by state, federal or local law or regulation, or which is deemed by the City Council as posing a toxic hazard to the landfill, human health or the environment.
YARD WASTE. Grass, leaves, shrubs, brush, tree limbs, small trees, and vegetable/flower/garden waste. The diameter of any tree limb, brush and the like shall not exceed two inches.
(Prior Code, § 10-A-01) (Ord. 1098, passed 1-11-2011)