1363.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the plural number include the singular number; and words used in the singular number include the plural number.

   (a)    "Garbage" means putrescible animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods.

   (b)    "Rubbish" means all nonputrescible, combustible and noncombustible solid wastes including paper wrapping, cardboard, metallic and plastic containers, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, building materials, market and industrial wastes, tree stumps, tree limbs and logs, bedding, appliances, toys, abandoned automobiles.

   (c)    "Refuse" means all putrescible and nonputrescible, combustible and noncombustible solid wastes other than garbage and rubbish.

   (d)    Except as otherwise provided in Section 1363.02 hereof, "fill" means the use of garbage, rubbish, refuse, soil, dirt or any combination of the foregoing which are placed upon any public or private land within the Municipality.

   Top soil, fertilizers and soil conditioners used for gardening do not constitute garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter or other waste material within the meaning of this chapter, provided such use does not become a nuisance or menace to the public health.

(Ord. 73-19. Passed 3-29-73.)