For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) "Discarded household goods" means:
(1) Furniture, springs and mattresses, stoves, ranges, refrigerators, dishwashers, dryers, water heaters, wood not over thirty-six inches in length, toys, porcelain, carpeting (bundled and tied not to exceed three square feet per bundle), leather, rubber products (excluding tires), tree trimmings (bundled and tied not to exceed three square feet per bundle), trees and tree limbs under thirty-six inches in length, whole Christmas trees and excessive fruit from trees on residential property and other similar items.
(2) Excluded items from "discarded househould goods" means garbage, dirt, stones, fruits from farms or orchards, broken concrete and other refuse from repairs, alterations and new construction of buildings and sidewalks, tree limbs over thirty-six inches in length, tree trunks, stumps and debris from commercial or industrial establishments.
(b) "Household garbage" means putrescible waste and includes every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit and vegetable matter used or intended for food for man or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables. This meaning excludes excess fruit from trees.
(c) "Household rubbish" means combustible and incombustible rubbish and debris ordinarily produced in households, including, but not limited to rags, glass, crockery, bottles, tin cans, paper, grass cuttings, leaves, hedge cuttings, household refuse, newspapers, magazines, cardboard (broken down and bundled) and other similar items; exclusive of discarded household goods, ashes from heating plants and coal stoves, refuse and repairs, alterations and new construction of buildings and sidewalks.
(1987 Code 52.15)