For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPROVED CONTAINER. A solid waste container designed for mechanical dumping that is compatible with the dumping mechanism installed on collection vehicles.
GARBAGE. Consists of food waste from kitchens, shops and stores, including peelings, waste from meats, fish and poultry, and such leftovers as are not usable or suitable for keeping, and spoiled fruits, vegetables and meats, and other perishable wastes that attend to the preparation, use, cooking or the dealing in the storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Includes all materials so designated as hazardous waste by local, state and federal laws and regulations.
SPECIAL REFUSE. All materials not included in garbage, trash or yard refuse. Examples of SPECIAL REFUSE shall include, but not be limited to: building materials; waste lumber; plaster; concrete; stone; brick and tile; roofing materials; large appliances, such as washers and refrigerators; any limbs, branches or tree trunks over one inch in diameter; and sod or dirt.
TRASH or RUBBISH. All waste materials not included in the definition of GARBAGE.
YARD REFUSE. All rubbish normally accumulated in the process of caring for a yard or garden. It shall include, but it is not limited to, leaves, grass and hedge clippings and/or tree, hedge and shrub trimmings not to exceed one inch in diameter. It shall not include dirt, tree, hedge or shrub branches over one inch in diameter; bricks, pieces of cement or other unrelated items.
(Prior Code, § 4-201) (Ord. 554, passed 9-3-1994)