For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"GARBAGE." Rejected food wastes, including every waste accumulation of animal, fruit, or 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.
"GROUNDWATER." Water in the ground that is in the zone of saturation.
"HAZARDOUS MATERIAL." Explosives, pathological wastes, radio- active materials and chemicals, and other similar materials.
"HEALTH OFFICER." The Kokomo-Howard County Health Officer, or his authorized representative.
"PUBLIC DISPOSAL." The disposal of refuse which has been removed from premises used, owned, or leased by one or more persons and transported to other premises and disposed of either with or without the payment of a fee.
"REFUSE." Any combination of garbage and rubbish.
"RUBBISH." Such matter as ashes, cans, metalware, broken glass, crockery, dirt, sweepings, boxes, wood, grass, weeds, or litter of any kind, including specifically, but not by way of limitation, used building materials such as concrete, bricks, plastering lathes, timbers, or refuse of all kinds, and worn out or cast off appliances such as freezers, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, humidifiers, radios, television sets, fans, air conditioners, record or tape players, or other items of furnishings or appliances incidental to residential, business, professional, commercial, or industrial use.
"SALVAGING." The controlled removal of reusable materials.
"SANITARY LANDFILL." A method of disposing of refuse on land without creating nuisances or hazards to public health or safety, by utilizing principles of engineering to confine the refuse to the smallest practical area, to reduce it to the smallest practical volume, and to cover it with a compacted layer of suitable cover material at the conclusion of each day and at more frequent intervals as necessary, including public and private operations.
"SCAVENGING." The uncontrolled picking of materials.
"SURFACE WATERS." A body of water whose top surface is exposed to the atmosphere including a flowing body as well as a pond or a lake.
('75 Code, § 11-17) (Ord. 3968, passed l-27-69)