As used in this chapter:
(a) VILLAGE OF JEFFERSON WASTE HAULING CONTRACTOR means the contractor chosen by the Village of Jefferson, through a competitive bidding process, to carry out the collection of garbage, rubbish, refuse and recyclable solid waste.
(b) GARBAGE means all wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food for human consumption and all fish, fowl, fruit, vegetable, animal or other matter which was intended to be used for food for human consumption, including condemned foods, excess fruit from trees, excess vegetables from gardens and items of a similar nature, and for consumption by domestic animals, including dogs, cats and similar pets.
(c) RUBBISH or REFUSE means all household goods and refuse resulting from normal household activities; rags, glassware, crockery and bottles, whether broken or not; tin cans, paper, newspapers, magazines, packing materials, carpeting, leather goods, rubber goods, metal cooking utensils, toys and porcelain; shoes, clothing, cardboard, furniture, springs, mattresses, furnace pipes, and other miscellaneous items not to exceed 50 pounds per item. The term RUBBISH or REFUSE does not include special rubbish or refuse items, such as grass cuttings, hedge cuttings, shrubbery trimmings and leaves, tree limbs, tree trunks or shrubbery; wood incinerator ashes and refuse from paper burners; ashes from heating plants and coal stoves; any appliances such as: stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, washers, dryers, water boilers, hot water tanks; barrels, trunks, tires, scrap metals; feces, dirt, stones, asphalt, gravel, broken or whole bricks, concrete and other refuse from repairs, alterations or new construction of
buildings or sidewalks; or junk automobiles and auto parts.
(d) RECYCLABLE SOLID WASTE means select types of rubbish, which may include paper, plastic, glass, aluminum and other items acceptable to the waste hauling contractor for recovery and reuse.
(e) PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE shall include, but not be limited to, either of the following for purposes of this chapter:
(1) Any accumulation of garbage, rubbish, refuse and/or recyclable solid waste, or other unwanted or unused materials (other than toxic waste or hazardous waste as defined in R.C. Title 37) in any location where such material may reasonably be expected to lead to the accumulation of stray animals feeding thereon, or to the attraction of vermin including rats, or to the creation of odors offensive to an ordinary person, or to a deterioration of property values in the surrounding neighborhood; or
(2) The deposit of materials described in division (e)(1) of this section on any tree lawn, sidewalk, alley, or beside any public way in such a fashion that indicates an expectation that such material is to be collected by the village waste hauling contractor without paying or making arrangements to pay the reasonable cost thereof.
(f) ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE shall include the activities of the village, and/or the village waste hauling contractor in removing or causing the removal of materials described in divisions (e)(1) or (e)(2) of this section.
(g) COST OF ABATEMENT shall, in the case of the removal of materials described in division (e)(2) of this section, be deemed to be that amount which would have been payable for rubbish disposal at the location involved in the abatement pursuant to § 1060.06, plus 6% to cover administrative costs involved in the collection of same; and in all other cases, the actual cost of removal, including the hourly rate of pay of all personnel involved, plus 6% to cover administrative costs.
(h) BAG PROGRAM means a program sponsored by the village, and bid by village waste hauling contractor, wherein a resident of the village who requires less than one bag of garbage, rubbish, refuse and/or recyclable solid waste per week pays a reduced fixed monthly price for a designated number of garbage bags.
(Ord. 2424, passed 7-15-02; Ord. 2967, passed 3-17-14)