For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL GARBAGE. The discarded or spoiled foodstuffs produced for human consumption that comes from hotels, motels, trailer parks, restaurants and other places which sell and dispense foodstuffs.
COMMERCIAL RUBBISH. Miscellaneous waste and materials resulting from the operation of mercantile enterprises and includes boxes, cartons, packing material, paper and rubbish from offices and stores, but does not include building materials, dirt, tree stumps, tree trunks or discarded furniture.
REFUSE. All garbage and refuse generated within the village, and shall be divided into the following classes:
(1) Residential garbage;
(2) Residential rubbish;
(3) Commercial garbage; and
(4) Commercial rubbish.
RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE. Discarded or spoiled food stuffs, kitchen and table refuse, all of which was intended for human consumption. It does not include dead animals and offal.
RESIDENTIAL RUBBISH. Miscellaneous waste materials such as cans, bottles, glassware, crotchety, bones, rags, paper, ashes and the like. Until such time as state law prohibits it, lawn wastes will be picked up, along with tree branches up to four inches in diameter and four feet or less in length, tied in bundles not to exceed 50 pounds in weight. RESIDENTIAL RUBBISH does not include building material, dirt, tree stumps or trunks.
(1994 Code, § 15-1-1)