For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. Any spoiled or wasted food, as from a market, restaurant or kitchen that is thrown away.
REFUSE. Includes garbage, rubbish and trash; except that dead animals and fowls, body waste, hot ashes, rocks, concrete, bricks and similar materials are expressly excluded there from and shall not be stored therewith.
REFUSE and RUBBISH. Anything thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless.
TRASH. Any plant trimmings or any broken, discarded, or worthless things or matter.
(Prior Code, § 7-101) (Ord. passed 9-10-2012)
Statutory reference:
Authority of town council to prohibit the accumulation and require the disposal of garbage and refuse and to provide for the elimination of public health and safety hazards and to abate nuisances, see W. Va. Code § 8-12-5(1), (23)