For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Montpelier, Idaho.
COMPOSTING. The biological decomposition of organic waste under controlled conditions.
DISPOSAL SITES. See LANDFILLS.
LANDFILLS or DISPOSAL SITES. Such areas operated by the county which shall be the only areas on public or private property within the county where solid waste may be disposed.
OWNER or OCCUPANT. Every person in possession, charge or in control of any dwelling, flat, rooming house, apartment house, hospital, school, hotel, restaurant, boarding house, place of business, manufacturing or business establishment where solid waste is created or accumulated.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, institution or corporation, in plural as well as singular.
PREMISES. Any dwellings, flats, rooming houses, apartment houses, hospitals, schools, hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, places of business, manufacturing or business establishments, or any other building or structure.
RESIDENCE. The place of dwelling of one head of family and his or her dependents.
SOLID WASTE. Any and all trash or litter associated with the construction or demolition of buildings, to include: Paper; inoperative vehicle bodies, chassis or parts thereof; cardboard; wood scrap; shingles; concrete; and waste materials of an inert nature such as ashes, plastic, metals, cinders, tires, appliances or tree parts; and those items, including liquids which by their nature are noxious, odoriferous or are subject to the development of bacteria, viruses or other hazards to health, including waste accumulations of animal or vegetable matter, including animal parts or carcasses and including waste that attends the preparation, use, serving, cooking, dealing in or storing of meats, fish, fowl, fruits and vegetables. The term SOLID WASTE does not include sewage, human body waste or hazardous wastes as determined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
STREET, ROAD or ALLEY. A right-of-way which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties, used by the public or public travel. It shall include the terms street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, land place and other such terms.
(Ord. 561, passed 4-20-1999)