For the purposes of this article, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular include the plural number and vice versa. The word shall is mandatory and the following words are intended to have the meaning hereinafter attributed to them.
(a) "Garbage" means every accumulation of animal and vegetable matter that attends or results from the handling, preparation, cooking and/or consumption of food and all other putrescible solid wastes, except body wastes.
(b) "Refuse" means all cans, cartons and containers which were receptacles for food or were receptacles for materials normally used in and about the enjoyment of a human habitation, but specifically shall not include ashes, yard clippings, discarded furniture, machinery, parts of dismantled automobiles or equipment, or any accumulation of containers or wastes resulting from any commercial or industrial operation.
(c) "Rubbish" means all non-putrescible solid wastes which are not hereinabove classified as refuse, whether combustible or non-combustible, such as newspapers, magazines, discarded furniture and bedding, broken down or dismantled automobiles and all other materials commonly denoted as junk.
(Ord. 425. Passed 4-11-60.)