For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLIANCES. Washers, dryers, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, stoves, ranges, hot water heaters, water softeners and other, similar large household items that require electricity and/or special processing under state laws, but do not include “electronic waste”.
BULKY WASTE. All large, bulky household materials which do not fit within the garbage container, and include (but are not limited to) carpeting and padding, mattresses, chairs, couches, tables, appliances and car parts including wheels, rims and tires.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Includes properties in the city that are classified generally as commercial, institutional, industrial or business in the city zoning code which generate garbage and recyclables and are typically serviced by a dumpster form of garbage container.
COMPOSTING. Has the meaning set forth in state statutes and rules of the state’s Pollution Control Agency and shall include plant materials, such as grass, leaves, straw and non-woody plant materials and residential food wastes, stored on a person’s property for the purposes of recycling organic materials as a soil conditioner.
DUMPSTER. Has the commonly used meaning in the solid waste industry of a commercial garbage container made of metal or durable plastic with a lid that can be serviced by a front-end loading automated or rear-loading semi-automated garbage truck.
ELECTRONIC WASTE (ELECTRONIC ITEMS). Have the meaning set forth in state statutes and shall mean items such as television and computer monitors, computers, computer peripheral devices, fax machines, DVD players, video cassette recorders, other video display devices, cellphones and other small appliances with an electric cord.
FOOD WASTE. Includes meal preparation and left over food scraps from households intentionally separated at the source by residents for the purpose of backyard composting or separate collection for centralized recovery.
GARBAGE. Has the meaning as set forth in state statutes, mixed municipal solid waste and means solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial and community activities that the generator of the waste aggregates for collection, but does not include auto hulks, street sweepings, ash, construction debris, mining waste, sludges, tree and agricultural waste, tires, lead acid batteries, motor and vehicle fluids and filters, and other materials collected, processed and disposed of as separate waste.
HAULER. A collector or transporter of garbage, recyclable materials, bulky waste, electronic waste, source-separated compostable material or yard waste.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. Has the meaning as set forth in state statutes and/or State Pollution Control Agency regulations and means waste generated from household activities that exhibits the characteristics of or that is listed as “hazardous waste” under agency rules, but does not include waste from commercial activities that is generated, stored or present in a household and includes items such as paint, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury thermometers, cleaning fluids, herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and other such defined wastes.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS. New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
MOBILE HOME PARK. Any park, trailer court, trailer camp, court, campsite, lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for any mobile home.
MULTIPLE-UNIT DWELLING. Any building used for residential purposes consisting of four or more residential units with kitchen facilities for each.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Those materials designated as recyclable in the city’s solid waste management standards.
RESIDENCE. Any single building of one to three dwelling units with individual kitchen facilities for each.
SELF-HAUL. The city-approved method for a resident to contain and transport garbage from his or her own household to a licensed/permitted mixed municipal solid waste facility. SELF-HAUL requires the specific approval of the city.
SOLID WASTE. Has the meaning as set forth in state statutes, but is further defined for purposes of this chapter to include garbage, recyclables, appliances, electronic waste, bulky waste, yard waste and household hazardous waste.
SOURCE-SEPARATED ORGANIC WASTE. Has the meaning as set forth in State Pollution Control Agency rules and means organic materials that are:
(1) Separated at the source by waste generators for the purpose of preparing them for recovery;
(2) Collected separately from mixed municipal solid waste; and
(3) Comprised of food waste, fish and animal waste, plant materials and paper that is not recyclable.
VECTORS OF DISEASE. Animals including, but not limited, to insects, mice, rats, squirrels, crows, flies and other vermin that are capable of carrying, transmitting and/or infecting humans with disease.
YARD WASTE. Has the meaning as set forth in State Pollution Control Agency rules and shall include leaves, grass clippings, organic garden waste or shrub and small tree branches similar non-woody plant materials less than two inches in diameter.
(Prior Code, § 603.01) (Ord. 486, passed 04-23-1990; Ord. 512, passed 06-22-1992)