§ 15-1. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Building material scraps means scrap building material from the construction, reconstruction, remodeling or repair of a building, walkway, driveway, sign and other structure, including but not limited to, excavated earth, tree stumps, rocks, gravel, bricks, plaster, concrete, lumber or any other similar material used in construction or the containers or wrappings therefor.

Garbage means all putrescible wastes, including animal and vegetable matter, animal offal and carcasses, and recognizable industrial by-products, but excluding sewage and human wastes.

Hazardous refuse means materials such as cleaning fluids, crank case oils, cutting oils, paints, explosives, acids, caustics, poisons, drugs, radioactive products, infected materials, offal, fecal matter and any other material of a similar nature.

Industrial waste means all waste, including solids, semisolids, sludges and liquids resulting directly from industrial, processing or manufacturing operations.

Refuse means all nonputrescible wastes.

Solid waste means garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash and other discarded solid materials, including solid waste materials resulting from homes, businesses, industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or other common water pollutants.

Tree trimmings means tree limbs, leaves, shrubbery, trimmings and cuttings and all other trimmings from the natural growth of trees, shrubbery, weeds, plants or grass.

(Code 1974, § 9.61; Ord. of 6-11-87, § 9.61)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.