The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
APPLIANCES: Large household appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, air conditioners, swamp coolers, and the like over one and one half (1.5) cubic feet, that are received as waste by the City.
ASHES: The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible materials.
BACKYARD COMPOSTING: Composting household solid waste in a confined space within personal property boundaries.
BURNING: Any form of incineration of solid waste in the open air except as otherwise provided by state law.
COLLECTION: The systematic and regular removal of solid waste from property and its transport to a designated solid waste facility for disposal or for transfer and transport to a solid waste facility for final disposal.
COMPOST: Organic matter produced from solid waste which has undergone a controlled process of decomposition and pathogen reduction, and has been stabilized to a degree which is potentially beneficial to plant growth and which is used as a soil amendment, growing medium amendment or other similar uses.
COMPOSTING: The process by which biological decomposition of organic solid waste occurs under controlled conditions. The process stabilizes the organic fraction into a material, which can be easily and safely stored, handled and used in an environmentally acceptable manner.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS: Materials generally considered not to be water soluble and which are nonhazardous in nature including, but not limited to, steel, glass, brick, concrete, asphalt roofing materials, pipe, gypsum wallboard and lumber from the construction or destruction of a structure project.
A. The term "construction and demolition debris" includes rocks, soil, tree remains, trees and other vegetative matter that normally results from land clearing.
B. The term "construction and demolition debris" does not include asbestos or liquids including, but not limited to, waste paints, solvents, sealers, adhesives or potentially hazardous materials.
CONTAINER: Authorized public or private receptacles designed for the intermediate storage of solid waste until such time as the refuse is collected. The term "container" shall be synonymous with the term "dumpster." The term "container" includes dumpsters provided by the Contractor as well as containers designated for the intermediate storage of recyclable materials.
CUSTOMER: A property owner whose property receives solid waste disposal service from the City Contractor.
DAY: A calendar day unless otherwise described.
DEBRIS: The unwanted or unusable remains of something broken down or destroyed.
DUMPING:
A. Disposing of solid waste or any other discarded material on property within the City which is private including, but not limited to, privately owned or controlled dumpsters, residential refuse containers, parking lots and vacant lots;
B. Disposing of solid waste or discarding any other items on a public place or on public property or facility, which shall include, but is not limited to, the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained for the purpose of vehicular travel;
C. Allowing refuse to collect or accumulate on any privately owned lot or other premises within the City.
DUMPSTER: A large solid waste receptacle having a capacity greater than ninety-five (95) gallons, capable of being lifted and dumped by a Contractor-operated automated system.
FACILITY: Real estate or buildings used for a particular function.
GARBAGE: Unwanted or unusable waste products or unused materials to include, but not limited to, food, offal, ashes, waste paper, trash, rubbish, and waste or unwholesome materials generated during the consumption of resources.
GOVERNING BODY: The City Council of the City of Sunland Park, New Mexico.
GREEN WASTE: Vegetative or green organic matter resulting from landscaping, land maintenance and land clearing operations.
A. The term "green waste" includes yard waste.
B. The term "green waste" does not include dirt, rocks, asphalt, cactus or concrete chips.
HAZARDOUS WASTE: Waste which because of its concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
HOT WASTE: Any waste which is on fire, smoldering or in excess of one hundred eighty (180) degrees Fahrenheit.
INFECTIOUS WASTE: Waste containing pathogens or biologically active material which because of its type, concentration or quantity, is capable of transmitting disease to persons exposed to the waste.
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL: Residential apartment or condominium dwelling units, consisting of four (4) or more separate units.
NONRESIDENTIAL RECYCLABLES: Recyclables generated by stores, offices,restaurants, hotels or motels, warehouses, and other manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activities.
NONRESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE:
A. The term "nonresidential solid waste" means all types of solid waste generated by, but not limited to, stores, offices, restaurants, hotels, motels, warehouses, and other manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activities.
B. The term "nonresidential waste" does not include household and hazardous solid wastes.
ORDINANCE: Ordinance No. 2017-3.
PERSON: Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The term "person" includes all federal, state or local governmental entities.
PROCESSING:
A. The term "processing" means techniques to change the physical, chemical or biological character or components of solid waste.
B. The term "processing" does not include composting.
PUTRESCIBLE: Organic material subject to decomposition by microorganisms.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL: Items, which can be reused, or reprocessed for reuse. Such items may include, but are not limited to, corrugated cardboard, paper, aluminum, steel, metals, glass, wood, plastic, and cloth.
RECYCLING: Any process by which recyclable materials are collected, separated, processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products.
REFUSE: See “Solid Waste”.
REFUSE RATE AND FEE SCHEDULE: The listing of fees and charges for solid waste collection, transfer, transport and disposal services provided by the City's Contractor and which is adopted and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth in this Chapter.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE: Any solid waste or garbage derived from households, including single and multiple residents, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds and day use recreation areas.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT: A dwelling unit.
SCAVENGING: The removal of any solid waste or recyclables from a transfer facility or from private or public containers in a manner not authorized by the City.
SERVICE AREA: That area within the city limits and any additional area beyond those limits within which the City Council authorizes the collection of solid waste.
SOLID WASTE:
A. The term "solid waste" means garbage, refuse, litter, yard waste, construction and demolition debris and other discarded solid materials, including those from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and from community activities.
B. The term "solid waste" does not include solids or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flow nor hazardous, infectious, radioactive materials which the City is prohibited by law from accepting.
C. Solid waste facility means any real estate or structure or group of structures designated to facilitate the collection, processing, treatment, handling, transfer, transport and disposal of municipal solid waste.
D. Transfer facility means a facility in which various types of solid waste are received and then placed in other vehicles for transport to another solid waste facility for disposal.
TRASH: See “Solid waste”.
USER: See “Customer”.
VERMIN: All noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals; especially those of a small size that are difficult to control, e.g. rats, mice, flies, and cockroaches. (Ord. 2017-3, 9-19-2017)