For the purpose of this chapter the following terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) "Garbage" means all putrescible waste except sewage and body waste, including refuse from the preparation of foods or surplus foodstuffs.
(b) "Rubbish" means glass, crockery, grass, shrubbery, clippings, ashes from incinerators, cans and other food containers, paper, boxes, rags, clothing, small metal parts weighing less than five pounds each and wood in pieces small enough to fit into garbage cans. Rubbish does not mean earth, ashes from furnaces or other general heating plants, brick, stone, plaster, brush, substances accumulated as the result of any new or old construction operations or the dismantling or razing of any structure or the remodeling of any house or building.
(c) "City" means the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio.
(d) "Director" means the Director of Public Service.
(e) "Resident" means the head of a household or family of one maintaining his or her separate living room or quarters on the premises and shall include owners, tenants and occupants of all premises upon which garbage or rubbish or both is accumulated.
(f) "Premises" means land or buildings or both, or parts of either or both, occupied by a resident.
(g) "Person" means every natural person, association of persons, partnership or corporation.
(h) "Collector" means the City or its authorized agent.
(Ord. 19-10. Passed 4-13-10.)