For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCUMULATE.
(1) As it pertains to solid waste, ACCUMULATE means any one of the following:
(a) Improperly collecting solid waste in improper storage containers;
(b) Collecting solid waste for a period exceeding seven days; and/or
(c) Collecting solid waste in an accumulation greater than five trash bags with the bags having a volume of no more than 40 gallons nor weight greater than 30 pounds.
(2) As it pertains to construction or demolition materials, ACCUMULATE means any one of the following:
(a) Improperly collecting construction or demolition materials in an improper storage container;
(b) Collecting construction or demolition materials for a period exceeding 90 days; and/or
(c) Collecting construction or demolition materials in an accumulation greater than 40 cubic yards.
(Ord. 847, passed 7-3-2000)
CONSTRUCTION or DEMOLITION MATERIALS. Any discarded construction or demolition materials, including, but not limited to, lumber, wood, paneling, dry wall, roofing, shingles, siding, plumbing, electrical, doors, windows, floor coverings, cabinets and other similar materials.
CONTAMINATION. As it pertains to recyclables, CONTAMINATION is defined to include: unrinsed containers with food or product residue; non-container glass material; containers that held oil, pesticides, fertilizers, paint products, herbicides, poisons or other hazardous materials; materials fouled with dirt or substances foreign to their original contents; wet or saturated newspaper; wet, saturated or waxed cardboard or waxed paperboard products; products not specifically accepted by the program; and any other materials not specifically accepted by the recycling program or any other condition which renders otherwise acceptable materials unrecyclable.
DISCARD. To abandon, bury, chuck, deposit, desert, discharge, dispose, drop, eliminate, emit, fling, heave, hurl, jettison, launch, leave, loft, pitch, place, put, scrap, spill, throw or to toss any item, any solid waste or derivative thereof or any inherently wastelike material in a manner so that the discarded substance or material remains upon the land as solid waste.
GARBAGE. All putrescible animal solid, vegetable solid, and semi-solid wastes from the processing, handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food or food materials.
GENERATION. The act or process of producing solid waste.
GENERATOR. The person or entity whose actions or processes result in the unwanted solid waste materials.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Any waste that because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:
(1) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitatingly reversible illness;
(2) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, handled, disposed of or otherwise managed;
(3) Be nondegradable or persistent in the environment;
(4) Be biologically magnified;
(5) Cause or tend to cause cumulative effects; and/or
(6) Be defined by state law or 40 CFR 261.3 and any future amendments. HAZARDOUS WASTE includes household hazardous wastes and used non-food oils and solvents.
INERT SOLID WASTE. Uncontaminated earth, rock, rigid, concrete, bricks, tiles or aged asphalt. Uncontaminated natural wood, brush, leaves, wood chips, sawdust and other similar materials shall be considered to be INERT SOLID WASTE for the purpose of this chapter. Any asbestos containing products shall not be considered to be INERT SOLID WASTE for the purposes of this chapter.
INFECTIOUS WASTE. Any waste that is capable of transmitting any communicable disease. INFECTIOUS WASTE includes, but is not limited to, pathological wastes, including human tissues, blood, excreta, and secretions, and medical and laboratory wastes, including contaminated or fouled bedding, bandages, dressings and diapers, animal carcasses, offals, excreta, body parts, bedding and other similar materials.
LITTERING. Discarding any items of solid waste in any location other than a proper waste storage container or disposal site. LITTERING includes, but is not limited to, leaving unsolicited or unwanted materials, unless placed in a proper delivery receptacle. LITTERING also includes any item of waste materials moved by wind, water or animals onto a public way or onto an adjacent property. LITTERING also includes the accumulation of anything or any combination of items exceeding a volume of one cubic foot.
OPEN DUMP. The consolidation of solid waste from one or more sources or the disposal of solid waste at a single disposal site that does not fulfill the requirements of a sanitary landfill or other land disposal method prescribed by law or regulations, and that is established and maintained without cover and without regard to the possibility of contamination of surface or subsurface water resources.
OPEN DUMPING. The act of disposing of solid waste at an open dump, and also includes an accumulation of anything or any combination of items exceeding a volume of one cubic foot.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, municipal corporation, school, city, town, school district, school corporation, county, any consolidating unit of government, political subdivision, state agency or any other legal entity.
RECYCLABLES. Materials segregated from the waste stream for the purposes of collection and reprocessing to recover and reuse as a material resource. It also includes, but is not limited to, glass containers, newspapers, office paper, unwaxed corrugated cardboard, aluminum and steel containers, and certain plastic containers.
SALVAGING. The controlled removal of reusable or recyclable waste materials from a solid waste disposal facility with the consent of the owner of the waste material.
SCAVENGING. The uncontrolled, unauthorized and illegal removing of materials from solid waste at any point in the waste management system.
SOLID WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, sludge or other discharged or disposed materials, including solid, liquid or semi-solid or contained gaseous materials resulting from any operation, activity or source. For the purpose of this subchapter SOLID WASTE excludes hazardous and infectious waste.
STORAGE. As it pertains to solid waste, STORAGE means proper temporary containment of waste materials in a waste storage container not to exceed seven days, or an accumulation of five trash bags, with the bags holding no more than 40 gallons by volume and 30 pounds by weight, whichever is the first to occur. As it pertains to construction or demolition materials, STORAGE means proper temporary containment of waste materials in a waste storage container for a period not to exceed seven days, or an accumulation of five trash bags, with the bags holding no more than 40 gallons by volume and 30 pounds by weight, whichever is the first to occur.
(Ord. 847, passed 7-3-2000)
WASTE STORAGE CONTAINER. A proper and suitable receptacle used for the temporary storage of solid waste, infectious or hazardous wastes while awaiting collection. Containers shall be designed to prevent escape or leakage of contents and should be resistant to scavenging animals. Plastic bags, paper bags and corrugated boxes shall not be considered to be proper containers for outdoor storage of wastes.
VECTOR. Any animal or substance capable of harboring and transmitting microorganisms from one animal to another or to a human being.
(Ord. 804, passed 12-2-1997)