For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Acceptable waste" means that portion of the residential and commercial stream that is normally disposed of by occupants of a residential dwelling or commercial establishment including only common household waste and refuse.
(b) "Acceptable waste container" means only the trash carts provided and assigned by the City that may be used for acceptable waste disposal pursuant to the requirements in Section 937.05. An acceptable waste container does include a sealed plastic bag or box.
(c) "Common household waste" means waste originating from a residential unit or commercial entities and includes, but is not limited to fiber material, paper, cardboard, packaging, cans, bottles, jars, food wastes and other similar materials.
(d) "Commercial business" means any business that requires a dumpster for their trash needs that can be serviced multiple times per week.
(e) "Condemned products" means any structure, installation, utensil, equipment, food, drink, feed, chemical or biological preparation, device or article of any kind, that may be a health hazard as determined by the Health Commissioner and which has been seized, tagged or labeled by the Health Commissioner as a hazard and which may not be used in any manner until the Health Commissioner determines the hazard has been abated.
(f) "Construction, remodeling and demolition waste" means all waste building materials, rubble and spoils resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition operations on buildings, dwelling units, places of business, garages, pavements, streets, alleys, trenches, ditches, underground utilities, excavations, and other structures including, but not limited to roofing, concrete and cinder block, plaster, insulation, lumber, structural steel, plumbing fixtures, electrical wiring, heating and ventilation equipment, windows and doors, interior finishing materials such as woodwork and cabinets, siding, sheathing and aged railroad ties.
(g) "Double or duplex family residence" means the grouping together of two residential units under a common roof.
(h) "Hazardous waste" means any chemical, compound mixture, substance, or article which has been designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or an appropriate agency of the State to be hazardous, including, but not limited to flammables such as paint, gasoline, lacquer thinner, or any container that once contained these materials, as well as propane tanks, gun powder and other explosives, and automobile batteries.
(i) "Industrial business" means any business that requires a roll-off container or compacting roll-off container that the City cannot service.
(j) "Medical waste, infectious waste" shall include:
(1) Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals;
(2) Laboratory wastes that were, or are likely to have been, in contact with infectious agents that may present a substantial threat to public health if improperly managed;
(3) Pathological wastes;
(4) Waste materials from the rooms of humans, or the enclosures of animals, that have been isolated because of diagnosed communicable disease that are likely to transmit infectious agents;
(5) Human and animal blood specimens and blood products that are being disposed of not including patient care waste such as bandages or disposable gowns that are lightly soiled with blood or other body fluids;
(6) Contaminated carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were intentionally exposed to infectious agents during research, production of biologicals, or testing of pharmaceuticals, and carcasses and bedding of animals otherwise infected that may present a substantial threat to public health if improperly managed;
(7) Sharp wastes such as hypodermic needles, syringes, or scalpel blades used in the treatment, diagnosis, or inoculation of human beings or animals or that have, or are likely to have, come in contact with infectious agents in medical research or industrial laboratories and which must be placed into puncture resistant containers before disposal;
(8) Any other waste materials generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals that the public council created in Ohio R.C. 3701.33;
(9) Any other waste materials the generator designates as infectious waste.
(k) "Multiple family residence" or "apartment" means the grouping together under a common roof of three or more residential units.
(1) "Normal business" means any business that does not require a dumpster but needs one (1) or more ninety-six (96) gallon provided and assigned trash cart of service per week. These businesses shall be provided and assigned up to three (3) ninety-six (96) gallon trash carts that will be serviced one time per week.
(m) "Radioactive waste" means any substance that spontaneously emits ionizing radiation.
(n) "Recyclables" means aluminum cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic containers, tin cans, newspaper and any other material designated by the Sanitation Department as recyclables.
(o) "Refrigerants and items containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) or their substitutes" means items that contain chlorofluorocarbons which contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer. This includes refrigerators and other devices utilizing either chlorofluorocarbons as a coolant or the substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons which may not cause ozone depletion but which are subject to special handling requirements.
(p) "Refuse" means paper, boxes, baskets, rags, old shoes, broken glass, tin cans, ashes and similar discarded materials. It does not include construction, remodeling, and demolition waste.
(q) "Residential unit" means the place of abode of persons living separately or together as an independent family in a "dwelling unit" as defined in Section 1161.01(37) of the Codified Ordinances.
(r) "Trash cart" means a forty-eight (48) gallon or a ninety-six (96) gallon wheeled trash container with a closable lid approved, provided, and assigned by the Sanitation Department. The Sanitation Department Superintendent, or his/her designee, will designate approved trash carts with the concurrence of City Council.
(s) "Unacceptable waste" means that portion of the waste stream that will not be picked up by the City of Lancaster and is further defined in Section 937.14.
(u) "White goods" are a type of bulk refuse that may be recycled or resold including, but not limited to large, enameled appliances such as clothing washers and dryers, dish washers, furnaces and electrical heaters, hot water heaters, stove and ovens.
(v) "Yard waste" means solid waste that included only grass clippings, brush, garden waste, tree trunks, holiday trees, tree trimmings, and/or prunings. (Source: EPA definition from The Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Regulations OAC 3745-27).
(Ord. 21-23. Passed 10-23-23.)