For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. The putrescible and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.
Any room or combination of rooms in which one or more people could reside. In any multiple dwelling intended to serve more than one family, up to five families, each unit thereof shall constitute a
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
, and each unit shall be so assessed. Apartments at all times shall be considered separate units in any building with up to five apartments. It is the intent of this chapter to assess all structures used as multiple dwellings on a unit basis, it being provided that any structure with more than five residential units shall be considered commercial and be entitled to contract separately for garbage and rubbish collection. The sanitation officer may determine the number of units at any given address. Anyone considering himself or herself aggrieved may, within 20 days following receipt of his or her first billing, protest his or her ruling to the subcommittee, who shall have authority to make the final determination.
RUBBISH. The miscellaneous waste material resulting from housekeeping, including ashes, cartons, tin cans, metal, small packing boxes and wastepapers, excluding discarded materials from building construction, and further, excluding trees, brush and further, excluding automobile bodies or component parts of any substantial weight or size.
SANITATION OFFICER. The superintendent of the Sanitation Division or other duly appointed representatives of the Village Council.
(1988 Code, § 2.2100) (Ord. passed 11-3-1975; Ord. passed 12-15-1975; Ord. passed 4-4-1977; Ord. passed 9-7-1993; Ord. passed 2-17-2014)