Definitions herein shall supplement all definitions in Chapters 1 and 3 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the San Bernardino County Code:
BARREL. A container which may or may not be provided by a Refuse Collection Operator for residential refuse collection.
BULKY WASTES. Large items of solid waste such as appliances, furniture, trees, branches, stumps and other oversize wastes whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by normal collection, processing or disposal methods.
COLLECTION VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT. Includes any vehicle or equipment used in the collection of residential, industrial or commercial waste.
COMMERCIAL BINS. A type of container provided by the refuse collection operator to commercial, industrial and multi-family dwelling customers for refuse storage and collection purposes and which is emptied by the refuse collection operator by means of a front-loading mechanism into the refuse vehicle.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES. The nonhazardous waste building materials, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings and other structures.
DOMESTIC WASTE. Includes all refuse which does not fall under the definition of “nondomestic waste.”
GARBAGE. Includes all kitchen and table food waste, animal waste, vegetable waste and all household waste or residue resulting from the storage, preparation, cooking, handling, or treatment of food and shall also include putrescible wastes.
GARBAGE HAULER. Any person or entity who collects garbage, unmixed with rubbish, and transports it to a commercial garbage-feeding hog ranch or to a commercial establishment for processing for use in livestock feeding.
HEALTH AND SAFETY PERMIT. That permit which is issued by the Division of Environmental Health Services to all refuse collection operators, garbage haulers and/or nondomestic waste haulers that operate within the incorporated and/or unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County.
NONDOMESTIC WASTE HAULER. A person or entity involved in removing nondomestic wastes, either from their own property or from another’s property.
NONDOMESTIC WASTES. Wastes which may be solid, semisolid, slurries, dust, nonpetroleum oils, and related substances or combinations thereof, which constitute a potentially dangerous health or environmental risk to residents of the County of San Bernardino. Nondomestic wastes may be determined as such by DEHS upon finding that special transportation requirements are necessary due to the nature of the material, the intended disposal method, or the intended end use. Said term shall not include any wastes classed as infectious, toxic or hazardous by State or Federal Statute.
PERMITTEE. Any person who has been issued a health and safety permit to collect, transfer, or remove solid wastes under the provisions of this ordinance. A PERMITTEE may include refuse collection operators, garbage haulers and/or nondomestic waste haulers.
PROHIBITED WASTES. Dead animals exceeding 15 pounds in weight, battery acid, poisonous, caustic or toxic material, or other substances capable of damaging clothing or causing injury to the person and dangerous or destructive chemicals.
PUTRESCIBLE WASTES. Wastes that are capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisances because of odors, gases or other offensive conditions.
REFUSE. All solid waste as defined in Public Resources Code § 40191.
REFUSE COLLECTION OPERATOR. Any person or entity engaged in the collection, transportation and removal of refuse, except that it shall not mean a garbage hauler.
RESIDENTIAL BINS. A container provided by the refuse collection operator to a single-family dwelling customer for refuse storage and collection purposes and which is emptied by the refuse collection operator by means of a front-loading mechanism into the refuse vehicle.
ROLL-OFF BOXES or DROP OFF BOXES. A large, open-topped, detachable container, 20 cubic yards or more in capacity, employed in a system of materials handling in which the loaded container is pulled onto the collection vehicle mechanically and transported to an approved site for emptying.
RUBBISH. Includes, but is not restricted to, all nonputrescible solid waste or debris such as paper, ashes, cardboard, wood, clothing, yard clippings, metal, plastic, construction waste and debris litter and other similar materials.
SOLID WASTE. As defined in Public Resources Code § 40191 as presently enacted or as it may be later amended.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY. As defined in Public Resources Code § 40194 as presently enacted or as later amended.
SOLID WASTE HANDLING. As defined by Public Resources Code § 40195 as presently enacted or as later amended.
(Ord. 2854, passed - -1984; Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Am. Ord. 3671, passed - -1996)