ASHES. The residue from the burning of wood, coal or other combustible materials.
CITY. The City of Raton.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS (C and D).
(1) Material generally considered to be water insoluble and nonhazardous in nature, including but not limited to, steel, glass, brick, concrete, asphalt roofing materials, pipe, gypsum wallboard, and lumber from the construction or destruction of a structure project, and includes rocks, soil, tree remains, trees and other vegetative matter that normally results from land clearing.
(2) CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS does not include (including but not limited to) asbestos or liquids, waste paints, solvents, sealers, adhesives or potentially hazardous materials.
CONTAINER (or DUMPSTER). Receptacle provided by the city and used to accumulate municipal solid waste from residential, commercial and institutional sites. Containers shall be equipped for
utilization with the city's municipal solid waste collection equipment and facilities. Containers may vary in size, type and location according to the determination of the city.
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.
GENERATOR. The person generating or producing any garbage, infectious waste, refuse, solid waste, restricted waste, recyclable materials or the like.
INFECTIOUS WASTE. Hospital and laboratory waste, including pathological specimens (e.g., all tissues, specimens of blood elements, excreta, and secretions obtained from patients and laboratory animals) and disposal fomites (any substance which may harbor or transmit pathological organisms) attendant thereto. Also, surgical operating room pathogenic specimens and disposal fomites attendant thereto and similar disposable materials from outpatient areas and emergency rooms. Also, equipment, instruments, utensils, and fomites of a disposable nature from the rooms of patients who are suspected to have or have been diagnosed as having a communicable disease.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW).
(1) Putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste generated by households, commercial and institutional establishments; including garbage, rubbish, food wastes, market wastes, yard clippings, and non-recyclable product packaging materials, and other miscellaneous solid wastes.
(2) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE generally excludes source-separated recyclable materials, body wastes, medical and infectious wastes, dead animal (greater than 5 pounds), sewage, ashes, street cleanings, vehicles, equipment and mechanical parts, electronics and electronic components, industrial wastes, chemical wastes, petroleum and hydrocarbon wastes, contaminated soil, white goods and appliances, paints, limbs and branches, furniture, mattresses and other bedding, construction and demolition waste, dirt, rocks, debris, hazardous and toxic wastes, special waste, bulky wastes and similar materials.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. The manager or his designated staff that oversees the physical facilities and services of the city related to public works operations. The Public Works Director works under the direction of and provides administrative assistance to the City Manager.
RECYCLABLES. Material in the recycling process diverted or removed from the solid waste stream that may be reused with a substantial amount of the materials consistently utilized to manufacture a product which otherwise would have been produced using a virgin material. Recyclables are not solid waste.
REFUSE. All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, solid market and industrial wastes, paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, and similar materials.
RESTRICTED WASTE. Generally means all waste materials including garbage, solid waste and waste materials excluded from the definition of MSW, including but not limited to construction and demolition debris, body wastes, medical and infectious wastes, dead animals, sewage, ashes, street cleanings, vehicles, tires or tire waste, equipment and mechanical parts, electronics and electronic components, industrial wastes, chemical wastes, petroleum and hydrocarbon wastes, contaminated soil, white goods and appliances, paints, limbs and branches, furniture, mattresses and other bedding, construction and demolition waste, dirt, rocks, debris, hazardous and toxic wastes, special wastes, bulky wastes and similar materials.
WATER COURSE. Any river, creek, arroyo, canyon, draw, wash, or any channel having definite banks and beds with visible evidence of constant or occasional flow of water.
(Ord. 996, passed 10-24-2017)