§ 11-1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Approved incinerator and approved garbage grinder shall mean incinerators and garbage grinders which are approved by the city building inspector and the city plumbing inspector.

Ashes shall mean residue from fires used for cooking, heating buildings, and incinerators.

Commercial solid waste shall mean waste materials from businesses, factories and processing plants.

Construction solid waste shall mean waste materials resulting from alteration, repair or construction of buildings or structures.

Garbage shall mean animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods and all other organic matter subject to rapid decomposition including windfall fruit, but not including dead animals or manure.

Rubbish shall mean paper, rags, rubber, tin cans, glass, bottles and ordinary combustible wastes from residences and business establishments, and shall also mean yard wastes, grass clippings, leaves, ashes and other mineral solid waste.

Solid waste shall mean all items of waste as defined in this section.

(Code 1966, § 2.1; Ord. No. 2015-20, 10-12-15)