For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONTRACTOR. Any person, firm, business or corporation with whom the city may have a contract or to whom the city has granted a franchise for the collection, removal and disposal of garbage, waste or rubbish in the city.
GREENWASTE. Grass clippings, leaves and tree trimmings. Tree trimmings larger than six inches in diameter and palm fronds are not considered yard waste or greenwaste.
HOUSEHOLDER. A person owning, renting or otherwise holding and occupying a house or place of abode, including a trailer, apartment or motel unit with kitchen, singly or with his or her family.
MISCELLANEOUS DEBRIS. Includes any and all trash, rubbish, debris or other abandoned or discarded materials not otherwise provided for under the foregoing definitions, or as expressly excepted therefrom, except dead small animals, animal excreta and garbage.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Any one or more of the following categories of materials collected and recycled from within the city:
(1) Newspaper;
(2) Aluminum, tin and other metal food and beverage containers;
(3) Glass; and
(4) High density polyethylene (H.D.P.E.), polyethylene terephthalate (P.E.T.) and polyvinyl chloride (P.V.C.) plastic materials; and
(5) Other materials as specified by the City Council.
SOLID WASTE. Collectively, garbage, trash, rubbish, miscellaneous debris and any combination thereof.
STORAGE. Includes the accumulating, maintaining, dumping, abandoning, storing, collecting or other gathering, stacking or piling, other than in a commercial building or in a dwelling unit, which latter places shall be regulated by the fire prevention code.
(Ord. 508-C.S., passed 11-7-00)