1. BUILDING. Any structure designed, built, or occupied as a shelter or roofed enclosure for persons, animals, or property, which is permanently affixed to the land.
2. COMPOSTABLES. Materials from any residential dwelling unit or commercial source that are collected separately for the purpose of composting.
3. COMPOSTING. The biological treatment process by which microorganisms decompose the organic fraction of municipal waste, producing a humus-like material that may be used as a soil conditioner.
4. CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION DEBRIS. Non-hazardous, uncontaminated materials resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of utilities, structures, and roads, limited to the following: bricks, concrete and other masonry materials; soil; rock; wood, including non-hazardous painted, treated, and coated wood and wood products; wall coverings; plaster; drywall; plumbing fixtures; non-asbestos insulation; roofing shingles and other roof coverings; reclaimed asphalt pavement; glass; plastics that are not sealed in a manner that conceals waste; electrical wiring and components containing no hazardous substances; and piping or metals incidental to any of those materials. General “Construction or Demolition Debris” does not include uncontaminated soil generated during construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of utilities, structures, and roads provided the uncontaminated soil is not commingled with any general construction or demolition debris or other waste.
5. COUNTY. Both incorporated and unincorporated areas of McHenry County.
6. CURBSIDE COLLECTION. Discarded materials collected from a designated area within five (5) feet of either a street curb, or from a roadway on a curbless street.
7. DEPARTMENT. The McHenry County Department of Planning and Development.
8. DISCARDED MATERIALS. All putrescible and non-putrescible municipal wastes discarded from any residential dwelling unit or commercial source including municipal waste, recyclable materials, mandatory recyclable materials and compostable materials.
9. DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY. A building containing three (3) or more dwelling units used for residential occupancy, including apartment houses, non-transient apartment hotels, rooming houses, boarding houses, fraternities, sororities, dormitories and similar housing types but not including hotels, motels, hospitals and foster family homes.
10. DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY. A detached building containing only one (1) dwelling unit.
11. DWELLING, TWO FAMILY. A building containing two (2) dwelling units each with completely separate entrances.
12. DWELLING UNIT. One (1) or more rooms in a residential building which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one (1) family. Bathroom and kitchen facilities are permanently installed.
13. GARBAGE. Waste resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, and wastes from the handling, processing, storage, and sale of produce.
14. HOUSEHOLD WASTE. Any solid waste (including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks) derived from households (including single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation areas).
15. INSTITUTIONAL WASTE. Waste generated at institutions, such as schools, libraries, hospitals, and prisons.
16. LANDSCAPE WASTE. All accumulations of grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs, and other materials accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees. Christmas trees are excluded.
17. LICENSED HAULER. Any person or persons duly licensed in accordance with the McHenry County Municipal Waste Hauler Licensing Ordinance and other such applicable ordinances of the County now or hereafter in effect.
18. MANDATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Materials that are mandated by this Ordinance to be separated from discarded materials for the purpose of recycling, including but not limited to, aluminum cans, steel cans, newsprint, corrugated cardboard, plastic containers (PET and HDPE; #1 and #2, respectively), mixed fiber (including magazines, high grade printing and writing papers, phone books, and chipboard), and glass containers.
19. MUNICIPAL WASTE. Garbage, general household, institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste, and construction or demolition debris.
20. MUNICIPAL WASTE HAULER. Any person or persons who engages in the business of collecting or hauling discarded materials on a continuous and regular basis, and makes multiple scheduled collections per month within the County.
21. OCCUPANT. Person or persons residing in residential dwelling units which have either curbside, alley or centrally located collection services.
22. PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, legal entity or their legal representative(s), agent(s), or assign(s).
23. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Materials that are separated from discarded materials for the purpose of recycling, including but not limited to, aluminum and tin cans, newspapers, corrugated cardboard, high grade printing and writing papers, magazines, landscape waste, plastic and glass containers.
24. RECYCLING. The process by which municipal waste is collected, separated and processed for reuse as either a raw material or a product which itself is subject to recycling, but does not include the combustion of municipal waste for energy recovery or volume reduction.
25. RECYCLING CENTER. A site or facility that accepts only segregated, non-hazardous, non-special, homogeneous, non-putrescible materials such as dry paper, glass, cans or plastics, for short term storage for the subsequent use in the secondary materials market.
26. RECYCLING CONTAINERS. Any and all receptacles identified specifically for the containment of recyclable materials.
27. RECYCLING DROP-OFF POINT. A site or facility that accepts only segregated, non-hazardous, non-special, homogeneous, non-putrescible materials such as dry paper, glass, cans or plastic for temporary storage for the subsequent use in the secondary materials market.
28. REFUSE. See Municipal Waste.
29. RESIDENT. A person who dwells or has a place of abode which is occupied by that person for sixty (60) days or more each calendar year.
30. RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT. A single, two, or multi-family dwelling.
31. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN. The officially adopted McHenry County plan and subsequent updates pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act for the management of municipal waste generated within its boundaries.
32. SOLID WASTE COORDINATOR. The person hired by the County to oversee the implementation and management of municipal waste programs as specified within the Solid Waste Management Plan.
33. STATE. State of Illinois
(Ord. O-200106-10-29, passed 6-5-2001)