For the purpose of this Chapter certain words and phrases are defined as follows:
(a) "Ashes" means the residue of combustion of such fuels as wood, coal, coke, charcoal and the like.
(b) "Collection" means the process of picking up and transporting solid waste from the point of disposition to the point of its ultimate disposal.
(c) "Commercial waste" means all wastes, combustible and noncombustible, arising out of the operation of business and industry and all other wastes not resulting from the ordinary operations of private residences or households.
(d) "Construction waste" means waste from building construction, alterations or repairs, and dirt from excavation, and unusual or specific manufacturing or trade waste.
(e) "Garbage" means all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body waste, including vegetable and animal offal, carcasses of small dead animals and the like, but excluding recognized industrial byproducts, and includes all such substances from all public and private establishments from all residences.
(f) "Hazardous materials" means any waste or combination of wastes of solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous form that because of quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irrevocable or incapacitating reversible illness; or poses a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or safety or to the environment when properly managed.
(g) "Householder" means the head of a family or one maintaining his or her separate living quarters in which kitchen, cooking or eating facilities are provided, and shall include owners, tenant and occupants of all premises upon which waste is created.
(h) "Special pickup" means all household items, such as, but not limited to, furniture, appliances, carpeting and padding, metal windows and door frames (excepting glass), outdoor play equipment (dismantled) and other items that require a separate collection. These are items that are usually not placed in the regular garbage packer.
(i) "Waste" means all trash, rubbish, garbage, offal and other refuse or discarded matter required to be removed from private and public places. It does not include recognized byproducts of any business or industry having commercial value and regularly handled in the ordinary course of business, unless the byproducts or the handling of them becomes a nuisance or menace to the public health.
(Ord. 18-2012. Passed 5-3-12.)
(j) "Yard Waste" means leaves, grass, clippings, weeds, brush or branch clippings, and small limbs. (Ord. 26-2013. Passed 7-2-13.)