For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONTRACT AREA. The geographical area within the legal corporate and municipal limits of the City of Jeffersonville, the Town of Clarksville, the City of Charlestown, the Town of Sellersburg and the
areas of unincorporated Clark County, which are contiguous to areas receiving curbside recycling services as of April, 1998, or which become contiguous to areas which receive curbside recycling services and which have sufficient population as to make curbside recycling feasible.
CONTRACT TERM. The length of time and duration of a curbside recycling contract entered into by the district with a curbside recycling service firm, including all extensions.
ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT.
(1) The occupant of each and every single- family residence; and
(2) The owner(s) (regardless of any rental arrangement) of each and every multi-family dwelling unit generating solid waste and recyclable materials within the contract area.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. All regular and reserve police officers of the Clark County Sheriff's office, the Jeffersonville Police Department, the Clarksville Police Department, the Charlestown Police Department, the Sellersburg Police Department, the Indiana State Police and shall also include all investigative personnel and representatives of the Clark County Health Department, the Clark County Solid Waste Management District staff and the Engineering Departments of Clark County, Indiana, the City of Jeffersonville, the Town of Clarksville, the City of Charlestown and the Town of Sellersburg.
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE. A living unit which is not a single-family residence and includes, but is not limited to, duplex buildings; townhouses or flats with common walls; apartment complexes and buildings; boarding rooms; mobile home pads, lots and/or any other unit used to distinguish a site upon which a mobile home can be affixed; and the like, wherein persons regularly reside. Possession of assigned mailing addresses for individual units is considered some evidence, though not solely determinative, of a MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
RECYCLING NON-REVERTING ESCROW FUND. A special separate Recycling Non-Reverting Cash Fund established by each of the following governmental entities subject to this subchapter: the City of Jeffersonville, the Town of Clarksville, the City of Charlestown, the Town of Sellersburg and the Board of Commissioners of Clark County for purposes of administering the vendor contract in the 1990 Census Tract 506.04 of unincorporated Clark County. This Fund shall be the sole depository for eligible participant user fees collected by the respective cities and towns and the Commissioners during the contract term. This Fund shall also be the depository for any funds and/or civil judgments collected for ordinance violations in the respective cities, towns and the above census tract. This fund (as established by the cities, towns and Commissioners, respectively) shall be the primary source from which these governmental entities and officers shall pay their respective vendor contract obligations to the district. Its usage shall be governed and determined by resolution and ordinance.
SCAVENGING. Any removal, displacement or disturbance of any materials placed within a designated recycling container, either at a curbside or at any other location selected by the district in the contract area or outside of the contract area within the district in the county, after the container has been placed at curbside or at its designated location for collection by the vendor.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE. A house, residential building, residential garage, residential barn or residential outbuilding wherein persons, either individuals or families, reside on a regular basis and comprise a single-family household. Possession of an assigned mailing address for an individual or for a head of a family or household is considered some evidence, though not solely determinative, of a SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
VENDOR. The business entity with whom the district contracts for curbside recycling services in the contract area.
VENDOR CONTRACT and VENDOR CONTRACTS. The curbside recycling vendor contract or contracts, and any additions or amendments thereto, entered into and approved by the district for institution of a curbside recycling program in the contract area defined above.
(`93 Code, § 6-140) (Ord. 1993-10, passed 6-28-93; Am. Res. 99-01, passed 1-5-99)