For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:
1. “Aluminum cans” means disposable aluminum beverage containers.
2. “Ashes” means the residue from the burning of wood and other non-hazardous combustible material.
3. “Brush” means woody stems and branches, evergreen trimmings and thorny brush, all of which must be greater than one-half inch in diameter.
4. “Bulky waste” means large household appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, television sets, washing machines, dryers, logs and other items of similar size and fixtures and materials too large to fit into a bag or rigid container. Bulky waste does not include tires, hazardous substances, dead animals and batteries.
5. “Collection bag” means a plastic watertight bag securely tied or sealed. The bag shall not exceed 40 pounds or 33 gallons when full. Collection bags may be used only for refuse.
6. “Commercial apartment” means a multiple-family dwelling containing nine or more separate dwelling units.
7. “Commercial or non-profit business or institution” means any structure or property not used for residential dwelling purposes and which includes, churches, schools and any commercial or non-profit business establishment or institution.
8. “Construction and demolition waste” means lumber, roofing material, sheathing, rubble, broken concrete, plaster and brick, conduit, pipe, wire insulation and similar material which results from a construction, demolition or remodeling process.
9. “Corrugated cardboard” includes containers or materials used in containers that have three or more layers of Kraft paper material, at least two exterior flat layers with one wavy interior core.
10. “Curbside” means the area next to the curb or the traveled portion of the roadway.
11. “Dwelling unit” means any room or group of rooms located within a building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
12. “Glass containers” means clean bottles and jars made from clear, green or brown glass. Expressly excluded are window and other non-container glass, porcelain and ceramic products.
13. “Grass and garden waste” means grass clippings, non-woody dead plants, weeds, flowers and twigs less than one-half inch in diameter.
14. “Hauler” means the person under contract with the City to collect, convey and dispose of and market recyclables and refuse.
15. “Household” means persons who reside together in a dwelling unit.
16. “Leaves” means leaves from deciduous trees and shrubs.
17. “Newspaper” means paper of the type commonly referred to as newsprint and distributed at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions, containing advertisements and other matters of public interest. Soiled newspapers are excluded.
18. “Non-collectible waste” includes paint in liquid form, poisons, acids, caustics, explosives and other hazardous substances that may cause damage or injury to collection equipment or personnel, human or animal excrement and dead animals.
19. “Non-recyclable corrugated cardboard” means corrugated cardboard with permanently attached packing material and/or non-paper liners; wax-coated cardboard; cardboard contaminated with oil, paint, blood, or other organic materials; or cardboard contaminated with any other material that renders the cardboard non-marketable. It does not include cardboard that has been contaminated through compaction in a hauling vehicle.
20. “Recyclable corrugated cardboard” includes marketable corrugated cardboard that may have glue, staples and/or tape, but does not have permanently attached packing material and/or non-paper liners and is not waxed or contaminated with oil, paint, blood or other organic materials.
21. “Recyclables” means designated consumer wastes which are collected and marketed for resource recovery. They include newspaper, tin and steel cans, aluminum beverage containers and glass containers.
22. “Recycling container” means the rigid plastic container including lid, designated by the City for the collection, commingling and disposal of recyclables.
23. “Refuse” means solid waste such as food waste, trash, rags, ashes, ceramics, non-recyclable glass, paper (except newspaper), obsolete household goods, certain plastics, and similar items produced or originating within dwelling units. Recyclables shall be treated as refuse if not properly disposed of as set forth in Section 106.05(2). Refuse excludes household-generated hazardous waste.
24. “Residential premises” means a single-family dwelling unit and any multiple-family dwelling up to and including eight (8) separate dwelling units.
25. “Residential solid waste” consists of refuse, recyclables, yard waste, leaves, brush and bulky waste.
26. “Rigid container” means a closed, waterproof container not exceeding 33 gallons or 40 pounds in capacity, of a type originally manufactured for the storage of residential waste with tapered sides for easy emptying. Rigid containers may be used for yard waste or refuse.
27. “Tags” are the tags designated by the City which are placed on refuse, grass and garden waste and bulky waste to indicate that the disposal fee has been paid.
28. “Tin and steel cans” are clean containers made of tin-coated iron or steel in which food or beverages were preserved.
29. “Yard waste” consists of grass and garden waste, leaves and brush smaller than one-half inch in diameter.
Vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation of garbage and similar putrescible waste or solid waste containing such materials shall be leakproof, durable and of easily cleanable construction. They shall be cleaned to prevent nuisances, pollution or insect breeding and shall be maintained in good repair.
Vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation of any solid waste shall be loaded and moved in such a manner that the contents will not fall, leak, or spill therefrom, and shall be covered to prevent blowing or loss of material. Where spillage does occur, the material shall be picked up immediately by the hauler or transporter and returned to the vehicle or container and the area properly cleaned.
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