As used in this chapter:
(a) “Refuse” as used herein, means all putrescible (perishable) substances, including vegetable and fruit waste; animal offal or manure (securely wrapped or bagged); household wastes (non-hazardous); and empty paint cans.
(b) “Resident”, “owner” or “householder” includes any owner, occupant, lessee, tenant or any person in charge of any dwelling, hotel or motel, restaurant, apartment house, office building, public building, store building, churches, schools or other building within the City.
(c) “Commercial establishments” includes each location occupied by a retail and/or wholesale firm, a firm furnishing sales and/or services, each location occupied by a quasi-public institution and each multiple family building consisting of more than six family dwelling units.
(d) “Residence” includes each single family dwelling unit, and each unit of a multiple family structure containing up to a maximum of six family dwelling units.
(e) “Collection contractor” means the person, partnership or corporation awarded the contract to collect refuse as herein defined from all residences within the limits of the City; and to transport such refuse to the disposal facility which shall be designated by the City.
(f) “Disposal contractor” means the person, partnership, or corporation having available a disposal facility sufficient to accept and dispose of the refuse from all residences within the limits of the City.
(g) “Bulk items” includes appliances; water tanks/boilers; sinks & fixtures; furniture; mattresses; carpeting (rolled in four-foot lengths and tied); dismantled swing sets (concrete bases removed).
(h) “Recyclable materials” means materials that would otherwise become refuse and that may be collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream as a raw material or product and shall include the following materials:
(1) Aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans;
(2) Glass containers;
(3) Plastic milk, water, juice and detergent containers;
(4) Corrugated paper (cardboard and paper boxes);
(5) Newspaper;
(6) Computer print-out paper;
(7) Other materials as set forth by rules promulgated by the Director of Public Service and published for a minimum of fifteen days.
(i) “Recycling program” means a resource recovery method that involves the collection and treatment of waste products for use as raw materials in manufacturing the same or a similar product.
(j) “Solid waste” means refuse and recyclable materials, all inclusive, to be disposed of.
(k) “Green Yard Waste” means yard waste, grass clippings, tree limbs (folded, bundled, and tied in lengths of no more than four feet with a diameter of no more than one foot and not more than forty pounds in weight).
(Ord. 27-2021. Passed 6-7-21.)