For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the content makes such meaning repugnant thereto:
COMPOSTING: The controlled or uncontrolled biological decomposition of organic constituents (including by anaerobic digestion equipment).
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS: Used or discarded construction materials removed from a premises or property during the construction, renovation, or razing of a structure, including both recyclable and nonrecyclable materials.
CONTRACT AGENT: An agent or employee of the city, or any person thereof with whom the city shall have duly contracted, under the terms hereinafter set out in the provisions of this chapter, and under the provision of the laws of the state, with amendments thereto, to collect, transport through the streets, alleys or public ways of the city, and dispose of and/or recycle organics, solid waste, and/or dry recyclables produced within the corporate limits, and shall also mean "refuse collector" or "contractor".
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: For the purposes of this chapter, "development project" shall mean the following:
(A) All new commercial, industrial or institutional building for which a building permit is required.
(B) All new single-family residential project, consisting of five (5) or more units, which share a common area for collecting and loading solid waste.
(C) All new multiple-family residential projects which share a common area for collecting and loading solid waste.
(D) All new public facilities where areas for collecting and loading solid waste are provided.
(E) All existing commercial, industrial or institutional buildings which add thirty percent (30%) or more to the existing floor area and require a building permit.
DISABLED CUSTOMER: Anyone who has applied at city hall for a discount, has provided adequate documentation and has been determined by the city manager or the city manager's designee as meeting one or more of the following criteria:
(A) Has been found to be handicapped by the California department of motor vehicles; or
(B) Has been found to be totally and permanently disabled by the social security administration under any of their programs including, but not limited to, the social security disability insurance program under title II of the social security act and including, but not limited to, the supplemental security income program under title XVI of the social security act; or
(C) Has been found to have at least a fifty percent (50%) disability under the workers' compensation insurance act; or
(D) Has been determined to be disabled by any branch of the military or the veterans' administration; or
(E) The city manager or his designee has determined that the individual is disabled based on the statement of a licensed physician.
DISPOSAL SITE: The solid waste facility or facilities selected by the contractor for the ultimate disposal (by contractor) of solid waste collected by the contractor. The Avenal Landfill shall be the initial disposal site.
FOOD WASTE: Organic consumer food materials that are separated, set aside, handled, packaged or offered for collection by the waste generator in a manner different from solid waste, and includes, without limitation, fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, small bones, dairy, eggs, breads, pastas, sauces, cooking oil, grease, tea bags, coffee grounds and filters, and other related materials.
GARBAGE: Putrescible animal, fish, food, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter (excluding green waste), or any portion thereof, resulting from the preparation, storage, handling or consumption of such substances.
GREEN WASTE: Untreated and unpainted wood, prunings, brush, leaves, or grass clippings, Christmas trees and such other types of waste that may be specified by the city in its reasonable discretion for collection and processing.
INCINERATOR: Fireproof receptacles to be used for disposing of combustible solid waste on private premises.
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY (MRF): Any plant or site used for the purpose of sorting, cleansing, treating or reconstituting recyclable materials and returning them to the economy.
ORGANICS: Green waste and food waste.
PUBLIC FACILITY: Any facility which is owned by a public agency.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS: Domestic, commercial or industrial byproducts of economic value separated, set aside, handled, packaged or offered for collection by the waste generator in a manner different from solid waste and specifically includes, but is not limited to, glass, paper, plastic, metal, construction and demolition debris that is recyclable, food waste and green waste.
RECYCLING AREA: The space provided in a trash enclosure for the collecting and loading of recyclable materials.
RECYCLING STATION: Any property and/or facility that the city shall designate at any time to be used for the recycling of any or all dry recyclables that may accumulate within the city.
RUBBISH: Paper (other than newspaper), pasteboard, carpets, rags, clothing, books, straw, packing, barrels, boxes, oily rags, oily waste, furniture, sawdust, shavings, old tires, boots, shoes, leathers, yard scrapings, broken crockery, broken brick, tin vessels, ashes, natural soil, street sweepings, earth, stone, and all other similar articles of any kind or character considered as waste or rejected by the owners thereof, but shall not include brick, mortar or other debris incident to the construction or demolition of buildings.
SENIOR: Anyone who has applied at City Hall for a discount and has been determined by the City Manager or the City Manager's designee as having reached sixty (60) years of age or older. The applicant shall have the responsibility of adequately documenting that he or she meets the terms of this definition.
SOLID WASTE: All putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid and liquid waste accumulated or delivered for collection and disposal within the City and includes, but is not limited to, garbage, construction debris, demolition debris, rubbish, and bulky waste. Solid waste does not include hazardous waste or household hazardous waste, designated waste, infectious waste, recyclable materials when recycled, sewage, or abandoned automobiles.
WASTE GENERATOR: The owner or occupant of premises, including businesses, which initially produce solid waste.
WET GARBAGE: All animal and vegetable refuse and household waste or material or matter prepared or intended in part or in whole to be used for food. (Ord. 2014-3, 3-3-2014)