(a) As used in this chapter:
(1) "Garbage" means that accumulation of animal, vegetable and other matter that results from the preparation, consumption, decay or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits, vegetables and all other food substances or other organic matter subject to rapid bacterial action and decay.
(2) "Rubbish" means that accumulation of material, such as paper, cardboard, rags, straw, felt, leather, wearing apparel, packing material, sweepings, small pieces of wood, crockery, glassware, ashes, tin, small metal objects and other refuse, dirt or other nonorganic matter which can be reduced in size so that it can be transported in and by vehicles that are provided by the City for that purpose.
(3) "Dwelling unit" means any separate and self-contained place of human habitation occupied or intended for occupancy by one or more persons, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each separate and self-contained place of habitation in two-family residences, multiple- family residences, apartment buildings and those flats and apartments maintained incidentally but separately in nonresidential buildings.
(4) "Contract rubbish hauler" and "salvage dealer" means those licensed by the City.
(5) "Ordinary collection " means any residential or nonresidential rubbish and/or garbage collected on the regularly scheduled day in accordance with guidelines established by the Director of Public Service.
(6) "Properly prepared residential garbage and/or rubbish" means all residential waste materials according to the provisions of this chapter.
(7) "Properly prepared rubbish and/or garbage" means all that is contained within the closed lid of an approved sanitation collection container. All additional rubbish and/or garbage around the container is subject to additional charges.
(8) "Sanitation truck hopper" means the rear of the sanitation truck where garbage and/or rubbish is loaded for compaction and transport with a volume of 4 yards capacity in uncompacted loose form.
(9) "Special pick-up" means any residential rubbish and/or garbage collected other than the normal scheduled collection day.
(b) The following specifications are prescribed for garbage incinerators. A garbage incinerator shall:
(1) Be of a type tested, approved and listed by the American Gas Association in their current Directory of Approved Gas Appliances and Listed Accessories and shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of the National Building Code, current edition or other current standards of the American Insurance Association. If activated electrically, it shall be approved by and bear evidence of Underwriters' Laboratories, Incorporated approval.
(2) Operate so as to completely consume wet or dry garbage by burning it to ash without causing noise, offensive or noxious odors, vapors or gases, and without the discharge or emission into the atmosphere of sparks, ash or the powdered residue of the substance which has been burned.
(3) Comply with Ohio and United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
(Ord. 105-22. Passed 5-23-22.)