For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AEROBIC. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen.
BULKY WASTE. A large appliance, piece of furniture or waste material from a residential source other than Freon waste items, construction debris or hazardous waste, with a weight or volume greater than that allowed for containers.
COMPOST PILE. A storage area for a mass of organic waste decaying through an aerobic degradation process under controlled conditions with the intention of suing the resulting product as a soil conditioner. Materials in a compost pile include soil, paper products, yard waste, nondairy and nonmeat food products and/or nonmeat-eating animal waste. A compost pile is kept in an orderly condition to control for odors and to prevent the blowing of debris. A compost pile cannot be a potential transmission agent of disease or be maintained in such a way which will attract vectors, rats, or other vermin.
CURB SIDE RECYCLING. Bi-weekly pick-up of discarded material as specified by the Town including but not limited to newspapers, aluminum, glass, steel and plastic containers which can be separated from municipal solid waste for the purpose of recycling, but not including materials generated from and commonly reused within an original manufacturing process.
FREON WASTE ITEM. An appliance or other waste item of a type which originally contained Freon or any other nonflammable gaseous or liquid flourinated hydrocarbons used as a refrigerant, disposal of which is specifically regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
GARBAGE. Rejected food waste, including every waste accumulation of animal, fruit, and vegetable matter, used or intended for food, or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables, including food containers.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Waste designed as hazardous by the USEPA and/or the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).
MOBILE HOME PARK. This term shall be defined consistent with IC 16-41-27-4 and, for the purpose of this chapter, shall also include such areas containing less than five mobile homes when all other elements of that definition have been met.
OCCUPANT. Any individual, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having possession of a dwelling unit.
OWNER. Any one or more of the following:
(1) The owner or owners in fee simple of a parcel of real estate including the life tenant or life tenants if any;
(2) The record owner or owners as reflected by the County Recorder's Office;
(3) The purchaser or purchasers of such real estate under a contract for conditional sale thereof; or
(4) The person or persons in control of the property as the personal representative, trustee, receiver or guardian of the owner.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, municipal corporation, town, school town, school district, school corporation, county, any consolidated unit of government, political subdivision, state agency, or any other legal entity.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. Ferrous and nonferrous (aluminum) cans, newspapers, glass bottles, PET/HDPE plastic bottles and cardboard.
RECYCLABLES. Items that are intended to be recycled.
RECYCLE. Process by which materials otherwise destined for disposal are collected, reprocessed and remanufactured.
RECYCLING CONTAINER. A container holding recyclables.
REFUSE. Discarded waste materials, in a solid or semi-solid state consisting of garbage, rubbish or a combination thereof.
REFUSE STORAGE CONTAINER. A watertight container (not larger than 100-gallon capacity), constructed of metal or other durable material impervious to rodents with a tight-fitting lid.
REGULAR COLLECTION. The town's designated day for refuse and recycling collection.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE. The garbage and rubbish produced by a residential unit.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A group of rooms located within a building or mobile home and forming a single inhabitable unit with facilities which are used or are intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. This definition also includes complexes containing four or fewer separate or contiguous single-family dwelling units whose owner has not elected to procure commercial waste removal by a registered hauler.
RUBBISH. Non-putrescible solid waste consisting of combustible and non-combustible materials excluding yard and garden waste, hazardous wastes, infectious waste and tires.
YARD WASTE. Leaves, grass clippings, weeds, brush and other organic garden debris. Shrubbery and tree trimmings, provided the trimmings are tied in bundles which lengths do not exceed four feet, with the maximum diameter not to exceed 12 inches, and the bundle not to exceed 35 lbs. in weight, shall not be included in this definition of yard waste.
(Ord. 02-002, passed 5-20-02)