The following terms as herein defined shall control in the construction and enforcement of this Article I:
Bags. The term “bags” shall mean plastic sacks designed to store refuse and having sufficient wall strength to maintain physical integrity when lifted by the top. Thickness shall be no less than two millimeters. Total weight of a bag and its contents shall not exceed 50 lbs. Bags shall be sealable, having no punctures, tears, or undesigned openings.
Bulky waste. The term “bulky waste” shall mean stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, furniture, loose brush, loose tree trimmings, bundles in excess of three cubic yards or 50 lbs. in weight, and other waste materials other than construction debris, dead animals, hazardous waste or stable matter with weights or volumes greater than those allowed for in basic collection, as the case may be.
Bundle. The term “bundle” shall mean tree, shrub, and brush trimmings or papers and magazines securely tied together or boxed in disposable cardboard forming an easily handled package not exceeding three cubic feet in volume, or 50 lbs. in weight, or four feet in length.
City. The term “city” shall mean the City of Longview, Texas.
Commercial refuse. The term “commercial refuse” shall mean all bulky waste, garbage, rubbish and stable matter generated by a producer at a commercial unit.
Commercial unit. The term “commercial unit” shall mean all premises, locations, or entities, public or private, requiring refuse collection within the corporate limits of the city that is not a residential unit, nor an industrial unit.
Construction debris. The term “construction debris” shall mean waste building materials resulting from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations.
Dead animals. The term “dead animals” shall mean animals or portions thereof equal to or greater than ten lbs. in weight that have expired from any cause, except those slaughtered or killed for human use. Animals or portions thereof that have expired from any cause shall also be so defined, regardless of weight, when said animal or portion thereof is in the possession of the Gregg County Humane Society or the city, or when said animal or portion thereof is found on a public street or thoroughfare.
Disposal site. The term “disposal site” shall mean a refuse depository, physically located in the city or in close proximity thereto, including, but not limited to, the landfill and other sanitary landfills, transfer station, incinerators, and waste processing/separation centers licensed, permitted or approved to receive for processing or final disposal of refuse and dead animals by all governmental bodies and agencies having jurisdiction and requiring such licenses, permits, or approvals.
Garbage. The term “garbage” shall mean any and all dead animals of less than ten lbs. in weight; every accumulation of waste (animal, vegetable and/or other matter) that results from the preparation, processing (for) consumption, dealing in, handling, packing, canning, storage, transportation, decay or decomposition of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits, grains, or other animal or vegetable matter (including, but not by way of limitation, used in tin cans and decomposable waste animal or vegetable matter which is likely to attract flies or rodents); except (in all cases) any matter included in the definition of bulky waste, construction debris, dead animals, hazardous waste, rubbish or stable matter.
Handicapped household. The term “handicapped household” shall mean a residence where occupants are certified by a licensed medical doctor or osteopathic physician as being physically incapable of transporting their refuse to curbside.
Hazardous waste. The term “hazardous waste” shall mean any chemical, compound, mixture, substance or article which is designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate agency of the state to be “hazardous” as that term is defined by or pursuant to federal or state law.
Landfill. The term “landfill” shall mean the real property contracted for disposal of refuse.
Producer. The term “producer” shall mean an occupant of a commercial and industrial unit or a residential unit who generates refuse.
Refuse. The term “refuse” shall mean residential refuse and bulky waste, construction debris, and stable matter generated at a residential unit, unless the context otherwise requires, and commercial and industrial refuse.
Residential refuse. The term “residential refuse” shall mean all garbage and rubbish generated by a producer at a residential unit.
Residential unit. The term “residential unit” shall mean a dwelling within the corporate limits of the city occupied by a person or group of persons comprising not more than four families. A residential unit shall be deemed to be occupied when either water or domestic light and power services are being supplied thereto. A condominium dwelling, whether of single or multilevel construction, consisting of four or less contiguous or separate single-family dwelling units, shall be treated as a residential unit, except that each single-family dwelling within any such residential unit shall be billed as a residential unit.
Rubbish or trash. The term “rubbish” or “trash” shall mean all waste wood, wood, wood products, tree trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants, weeds, leaves, dead trees or branches thereof, chips, shavings, sawdust, printed matter, paper, pasteboard, rags, straw, used and discarded clothing, used and discarded shoes and boots, combustible waste pulp and other products such as are used for packaging, or wrapping crockery and glass, ashes, cinders, floor sweepings, glass, mineral or metallic substances, and any and all other waste material not included in the definition of bulky waste, construction debris, dead animals, garbage, hazardous waste or stable matter.
(Ord. No. 1846, 7-8-86; Ord. No. 2704, § 2, 2-26-98; Ord. No. 3525, § 32, 6-14-07)