For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
GARBAGE: Vegetables or animal refuse accumulating from kitchens, pantries, dining rooms, hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, dwellings, markets, stores and other establishments.
PRIVATE SCAVENGER: Any person engaged in the removal and disposal of table refuse or animal and vegetable matter, usually known as "garbage", from hotels, restaurants, cafes, boarding houses, and other places not provided for by the city, or the removal and disposal of ashes and cinders; or the removal and disposal of manure, swill, or any animal or vegetable refuse and wastes, including decaying animal matter and fish from commission houses and other places where such decaying animal matter and fish may accumulate.
RUBBISH: Solid and ordinary waste, other than garbage, accumulated by family residents, including glass and broken ware, discarded clothing, trash, tin cans, bottles, papers; and tree limbs, grass and weed cuttings properly contained or bundled as described herein.
RUBBLE: Shall include dirt, rocks, ashes, debris resulting from construction, reconstruction or repair of buildings and other earthen, wooden or metal materials, longer, larger and/or heavier than rubbish. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude a person from removing "rubbish", and "rubble", as herein defined, from his premises at the expense of such person; provided, that such removal is done in a neat and sanitary manner.
TRASH: A. Refuse consisting of wastepaper, broken ware, discarded shoes and clothing, tin cans, bottles, grass cuttings, shrub trimmings, paper boxes and cartons, and floor sweepings from dwellings, businesses or industrial establishments.
B. The term "trash" does not include manure, debris from construction or repair work, leaves, trees, or tree trimmings, or business or industrial wastes which, in the judgment of the superintendent of the department in charge of refuse removal or his authorized representative, are likely to cause damage to the equipment of the city, injury to employees of the city, or are likely, because of the nature, size or weight of the material, to handicap or overburden the collection of trash and garbage of the city. (1991 Code § 9-1)