APPROVED WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR: The solid waste collection and disposal contractor that has entered into an agreement with the city for collection and disposal of solid waste.
ASHES: The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible materials.
BULKY WASTE: Any single object of solid waste exceeding four feet (4') in length and forty (40) pounds in weight including, but not limited to, stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, furniture and other waste materials, dead animals, hazardous materials or stable matter, with weights or volumes greater than those allowed for cans or carts.
CITY: The city of McCall, Idaho, an Idaho municipal corporation.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS: Waste building materials resulting from a construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operation, such as, but not limited to, mortar, plaster, scrap lumber and wood shavings, with weights or volumes greater than those allowed for cans or carts.
CUSTOMER: Owner or manager of a business or manager of a multi- family residential complex (commercial customer), or owner or lessee of a residential property (residential customer) who has contracted with approved waste management contractor for solid waste collection, transportation and disposal.
EXCLUDED WASTE: Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, excluded waste means and includes bulky waste, construction debris, hazardous materials, dirt or earth debris from construction or lawn renovation, rocks, stones, automobile bodies and parts, dead animals or animal carcasses, stable matter, and wastewater (sewage) and recyclable materials.
GARBAGE: Means and includes all animal and vegetable refuse from kitchens and other places where food is prepared, all offal from fish, meat and vegetable markets, and all organic substances unfit for food and subject to decay, specifically excluding dead animals.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS: 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.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS: Newsprint, magazines, plastic containers, aluminum or other metal cans, cardboard or other materials capable of being reprocessed into consumer materials, or reused, and which have been segregated from other solid waste for collection.
REFUSE: All putrescible and nonputrescible solid or liquid wastes, except wastewater, whether combustible or noncombustible, and whether required to be segregated pursuant to the solid waste disposal regulations of the county's designated landfill, including garbage and rubbish.
RUBBISH: Means and includes all waste and refuse such as newspapers, magazines, wrappings and other paper products, packing cases and materials such as straw, shavings, excelsior, sawdust, and discarded clothing, metals, food containers, bottles, broken glass, ashes, lawn and tree trimmings, cuttings, weeds and leaves from a residential property.
SOLID WASTE: Means and includes all useless, unwanted or discarded putrescible and nonputrescible wastes which is not "excluded waste" as defined herein, unless such excluded waste collection, transportation and disposal is requested by a customer and specifically accepted by the approved waste management contractor. "Solid waste" includes, but is not limited to, garbage, refuse, rubbish, ashes, shrubs, grass and lawn clippings, weeds, leaves, street cleanings, and other residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural wastes. "Solid waste", as defined in this section, excludes hazardous materials and recyclable materials specifically segregated from other solid waste for collection.
STABLE MATTER: All manure and other waste matter normally accumulated in or about a stable, or any animal, livestock or poultry enclosure, and resulting from the keeping of animals, poultry, or livestock.
WASTEWATER: Water carried wastes from residences, commercial or industrial establishments, business buildings and other premises, containing polluted matter subject to treatment at the wastewater treatment plant. (Ord. 921, 4-10-2014)