The following definitions shall be used in interpreting this article:
(a) "Private scavenger" means one who, for hire, collects, removes or disposes of refuse.
(b) "Refuse" means all sweepings, cleanings, trash, rubbish, litter, garbage, industrial or domestic wastes; organic wastes or residue of animals sold as meat, fruit or other vegetable matter from kitchens, dining rooms, markets or places dealing in or handling meats, fowls, fruits, grain or vegetables, offal, animal excreta, the carcasses of animals, tree or shrub trimmings, grass clippings, dirt, wood, stone, brick, plaster or materials resulting from the demolition, alteration or construction of buildings or structures, accumulated waste materials or substances which may become nuisances, some of which are more particularly classified as follows:
(1) "Prepared garbage" means material from kitchens, dining rooms and similar places, from which liquids have been drained and solid matter wrapped in paper.
(2) "Raw garbage" means swill not prepared as provided in (b)(1) above.
(3) "Trash" means waste material containing no putrid matter or organic wastes.
(4) "Ashes" means residue resulting from the combustion of coal, coke or wood in domestic, industrial or commercial stoves, furnaces or boilers.
(c) "Refuse collection" means the gathering of refuse containers and their contents from the premises of improved property, loading the contents into removal vehicles and returning the containers to the place where found, after the contents have been emptied, for which a charge is made as provided in this article.
(d) "Refuse disposal" means the disposition of refuse in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the City Manager, with the approval of Council.
(e) "Refuse removal" means the hauling and transportation of refuse from the point of collection to the point of disposal.
(Passed 1-10-74)