For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section; provided that, unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have in common usage, and so as to give this chapter its most reasonable application.
BULKY WASTE. Stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, furniture, used and discarded mattresses and other waste materials other than construction debris, dead animals, hazardous waste or stable matter with weights or volumes greater that those allowed for cans.
BUNDLE. Tree, shrub and brush trimmings or newspaper and magazines securely tied together forming an easily handled package not exceeding three feet in length and 35 pounds in weight.
BUSINESS UNIT. Any premises, locations or entities, public or private, including all industrial and commercial entities, within the corporate limits of the city not a residential unit.
CITY. The City of Trinidad, Texas.
CITY'S OPERATOR. The person, firm, corporation, municipal corporation or political subdivision which the city has designated to operate and maintain the city's water system.
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL. Any establishment, public or private, rendering a service, manufacturing a product, offering a product for sale or any other similar activity.
CONNECTION. The initial or first connection ("tap") or any subsequent additional connection of a residential or business unit to the city's water system.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. Waste building materials resulting from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations.
CONTRACTOR. The person, corporation or partnership performing refuse collection and disposal under contract with the city.
CUSTOMER. Any person, firm or corporation receiving city water, wastewater or solid waste disposal services for a residential or business unit, whether within the city or outside the city limits.
CUSTOMER SERVICE INSPECTION. An examination of the private water distribution facility for the purpose of providing or denying water service. The inspection is limited to the identification and prevention of cross-connections, potential contaminant hazards, and illegal lead materials. Customer service inspections are completed before providing continuous water service to new construction, on any existing service where there is reason to believe that cross-connections or other potential contaminant hazards exist, or after any material improvement, correction, or addition to private water distribution facilities.
DEAD ANIMALS. An animal or portion thereof that have expired from any cause.
GARBAGE. An accumulation of waste (animal, vegetable and/or other matter) that results from the preparation, processing, consumption, dealing in, handling, packing, canning, storage, transportation, decay or decomposition of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruit or other animal or vegetable matter (including, but not by way of limitation, used tin cans and other food containers; and all putrescible or easily decomposable waste animal or vegetable matter which is likely to attract flies or rodents); except (in all cases) any matter included in the definition of BULKY WASTE, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, DEAD ANIMALS, HAZARDOUS WASTE, RUBBISH or STABLE MATTER.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Waste, in any amount, which is defined, characterized or designated as hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate state agency by or pursuant to federal or state law, or waste, in any amount, which is regulated under federal or state law, including motor oil, gasoline, paint and paint cans.
OCCUPIED. A building, structure, or land is being dwelt in or used for business, industrial, community, civic, volunteer, non-profit, or governmental activities or functions for any period of time during the day.
PERSON. An individual human, partnership, co-partnership firm, company, limited liability partnership or other partnership or other such company, joint venture, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, association or corporation or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
PRODUCER. An occupant of a residential or business unit who generates refuse.
REFUSE. Residential refuse, bulky waste, construction debris and stable matter generated at residential unit, unless the context otherwise requires, and commercial and industrial refuse.
RESIDENTIAL REFUSE. All garbage and rubbish generated by a producer at a residential unit.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A dwelling within the corporate limits or a service area of the city intended for occupancy by a person or group of persons comprising not more than one family. A dwelling shall be deemed occupied and shall be deemed by the city to be a separate residential unit for billing and collection purposes when either water or electrical power services are being supplied thereto.
RUBBISH. Waste wood, wood products, tree trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants, weeds, leaves, dead trees or branches thereof, chips, shavings, sawdust, printed matter, paper, pasteboard, rags, straw, used and discarded clothing, used and discarded shoes and boots, combustible waste pulp and other products such as are used for packaging or wrapping crockery and glass, ashes, cinders, floor sweepings, glass, mineral or metallic substances, and any and all other waste materials not included in the definition of BULKY WASTE, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, DEAD ANIMALS, GARBAGE, HAZARDOUS WASTE or STABLE MATTER.
SEPARATE CONNECTION. The individual metering facilities for each residential or business unit for which the city services have been requested or provided, whether occupied or not.
(Ord. 2019-005, passed 8- -2019)