For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ANIMAL AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES. Manure, crop residues and the like.
ASHES. Residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings, cinders and from incinerators.
BEACH. The area between the mean high-water mark and the mean low-water mark along a reservoir, along a lake or along a river.
BULKY WASTE. Large auto parts, tires, stoves, refrigerators, other large appliances, furniture, large crates, trees, branches, and stumps.
COMBUSTIBLE RUBBISH. Paper, cardboard, cartons, boxes, wood, wood shavings, plastics, rags, cloth, bedding, leather, rubber, grass, leaves, limbs and yard trimmings.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES. Lumber, roofing and sheathing, scraps, rubble, broken concrete, plaster, conduit, pipe, wire, insulation and the like.
DEAD ANIMALS. Small animals such as cats, dogs, poultry and the like and large animals such as horses, cows, swine and the like.
GARBAGE. Wastes from the preparation, cooking and serving of food; market refuse; and waste from the handling, storage and sale of produce and meats.
INDUSTRIAL REFUSE. Solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations, such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, wood, plastic, and metal scraps and shavings and the like.
LITTER. Garbage, combustible and non-combustible rubbish, ashes, bulky wastes, street refuse, dead animals, abandoned vehicles, construction and demolition wastes, industrial wastes, special wastes, animal and agricultural wastes and sewage treatment residue. The term as used in this chapter shall be interchangeable with the term SOLID WASTE.
NON-COMBUSTIBLE RUBBISH. Metals, tin cans, metal foils, dirt, stone, bricks, ceramics, crockery, glass, bottles and other mineral refuse.
SEWAGE TREATMENT RESIDUES. Coarse screening, grits, septic tank, sludge and dewatered sludge.
SPECIAL WASTES. Hazardous wastes, such as pathological wastes, explosives, radioactive material, and the like; and security wastes, such as confidential documents, negotiable paper and the like.
(1985 Code, Art. I, Div. 2) (Am. Ord. 2020-04, passed 1-21-2020)