7-2-1: DEFINITIONS:
COLLECTOR: A private person or entity that has been authorized by the city to provide solid waste collection services by franchise, agreement, permit or otherwise.
GARBAGE: All putrescible waste, excepting sewage and body waste, and all organic waste that shall have been prepared for, or intended to be used as food or shall have resulted from the preparation of food and shall include all such substances from all public and private establishments and all residents.
INSPECTOR: The authorized employee or employees of Tombstone having the duty of the enforcement of this chapter.
OWNER AND OCCUPANT: Every person in possession, charge or in control of any dwelling, flat, rooming house or any eating place, shop, place of business, manufacturing or business establishment where garbage or other refuse is created or accumulated.
PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES: Solid waste prohibited in refuse collection containers, or as uncontained refuse as follows:
   A.   Any substance not approved by the Arizona department of environmental quality (ADEQ) or the landfill operator for disposal in the public landfill.
   B.   Hot ashes or other materials which could cause combustion to occur in sanitation containers or hauling equipment.
   C.   Large dead animals.
   D.   Hazardous materials or toxic substances in strength or quantity which could cause illness to the public or people operating or repairing sanitation equipment.
   E.   Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
   F.   Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
   G.   Tires.
   H.   Industrial waste, other than refuse.
   I.   Sludge from a wastewater treatment plant.
REFUSE: All solid waste, including "garbage" and "rubbish" as herein defined.
RUBBISH: All nonputrescible waste. (Ord. 2011-08, 10-20-2011)