For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense shall include the future; words used in the plural number include the singular number; and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
(a) "City" means the City of Lyndhurst, Ohio.
(b) "Commercial establishment" means all properties upon which a profit-making enterprise is conducted, including, but not necessarily limited to, uses defined in Section 1168.03 of the Planning and Zoning Code. A commercial establishment which also serves as the principal residence of the proprietor of such establishment shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be considered a residence.
(c) "Director" means the Service Director of the City.
(d) "Garbage" means all the putrescible waste, except sewage and body waste, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of small dead animals, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, and includes all such substances from all public and private establishments and from all residences.
(e) "Nonprofit organization" means eleemosynary organizations, including, but not necessarily limited to, organizations exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
(f) "Premises" means land or buildings or both, or parts of either or both, used either as a residence or by a nonprofit organization or commercial establishment.
(g) "Residence" means all privately-owned residential properties, either single or multi-family, including condominiums, but excluding commercially operated apartment houses.
(h) "Rubbish" means ashes, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin cans, cast iron, printed matter, paper, boots, shoes, hats and other clothing. It does not, however, include any material in the nature of earth, sand, brick, stone, plaster or other substances that may accumulate as a result of building operations.
(i) "School" means nonprofit public institutions and private institutions providing the equivalent of nonprofit public education accredited by the State Board of Education. (Ord. 84-22. Passed 5-7-84.)