For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ASHES. The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible materials.
BULKY WASTE. Large items including, but not limited to, appliances, furniture, tires, large auto parts, logs and stumps, whose size complicates their handling by normal collection, processing or disposal methods.
CITY. The City of Lake Forest, in Lake County, Illinois.
COMMERCIAL WASTE. All garbage or other refuse from an establishment engaged in business, including stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, shopping centers, theaters and schools.
COMPOSTING. A controlled process of microbial degradation of organic material into a stable, humus-like product.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. Waste building materials, dirt, gravel and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operation on houses, commercial buildings or other structures or pavement.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. The duly appointed and acting Director of Public Works for the City of Lake Forest.
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, processing, storage, packaging, preparation, cooking, serving and sale of food (also refuse).
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Solid and liquid waste which is either corrosive, flammable, explosive or toxic. These include, but are not limited to, medical waste, paints, caustics, oils, solvents and similar chemicals and materials.
MIXED REFUSE. A mixture of solid wastes containing both putrescible and non-putrescible materials.
PARKWAY. The part of a street or highway, on each side of the roadway or pavement thereof, lying between the outer edge of the pavement or roadway and the property lines bounding the street.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, political subdivision, state agency or organization of any kind.
PUTRESCIBLE WASTE. Waste which undergoes progressive chemical decomposition of organic matter, resulting in the production of foul smelling matter.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Brown, green and clear glass, aluminum, tin and bi-metal cans, plastics #1 - #5 and #7, newspapers, office paper, paperback books, wrapping paper, phonebooks, and cardboard.
REFUSE. Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, processing, storage, packaging, preparation, cooking, serving and sale of food (also garbage).
SPECIAL PICKUP.
(1) A service entitled as a SPECIAL PICKUP is required for the collection of large and difficult to handle items.
(2) Such a pickup must be scheduled in advance of collection.
(3) Such a pickup must be placed on the parkway along the pavement edge on the scheduled collection day before 7:00 a.m.; however, such a pickup shall not be placed on the parkway more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled collection day.
(4) A fee may be assessed for the collection of bulky materials, as more fully described in the Sanitation Rules and Regulations.
YARDWASTE. Grass clippings, leaves, shrub and tree trimmings of less than six inches in diameter.
(Prior Code, § 18-1) (Ord. 91-59, passed 9-3-1991; Ord. 2015-56, passed 10-5-2015)