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11-3 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION.
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Prior ordinance history: Ordinance Nos. 27, Ord-67-96.

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Unless it is apparent from the content of this section that another meaning is intended, the following words and terms shall be defined as set forth in this subsection.

a. MANAGER means the City Manager or his or her designee. The Manager(s) shall administer and enforce the provisions of this section.

b. AGREEMENT or COLLECTION AGREEMENT means an agreement between a contractor and the City for the collection and disposal of refuse, green waste or recyclable materials from the City.

c. BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT means any commercial, industrial or nonresidential unit, any trailer park, any hotel or motel or any building in which a combination of residential and commercial and/or industrial uses exist and for which a single or more frequent collection is made per week.

d. COLLECTION means the operation of gathering together and transporting to the point of disposal all refuse, green waste or recyclable materials.

e. CONTRACTOR means the company that is awarded an exclusive or nonexclusive refuse, recyclable materials and/or green waste collection agreement.

f. DESIGNATED GREEN WASTE FACILITY(IES) means a properly licensed facility which has been designated by the City as a location to which the contractor shall transport and deliver green waste.

g. DESIGNATED RECYCLING FACILITY(IES) means a properly licensed facility which has been designated by the City as a location to which the contractor shall transport and deliver recyclable materials.

h. DISPOSAL means the complete operation of treating and/or disposing of the accumulation of refuse and the product or residue arising from such treatment or, in the case of recyclable materials, the delivery of such materials to a designated recycling facility(ies).

i. PERSON includes firms, corporations, associations, partnerships, societies, church organizations and individuals.

j. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS means paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, used motor oil, ferrous metal, aluminum or other materials which have been segregated from solid waste materials for the purpose of depositing at a designated collection location, including a curbside location, for collection and transportation to the designated recycling facility(ies).

k. GREEN WASTE means tree and shrubbery, trimmings, grass, weeds, straw or leaves, wood chips and other household garden organic materials which have been segregated from solid waste materials for the purpose of depositing at a designated collection location, including a curbside location, for collection and transportation to the designated green waste facility(ies).

l. REFUSE means all garbage and other waste material, including, but not limited to, trees and shrubbery trimmings, grass, weeds, straws or leaves; chips; paper, pasteboard or material; crockery, glass or pieces thereof; ashes or cinders; shells; bottles; cans; metal; all other kinds of rubbish, trash or waste which ordinarily accumulate in the operation of a household or a business; and material resulting from building or construction operations. Refuse does not include recyclable materials or green waste which have been segregated from other solid waste for the purpose of collection by contractor and transportation to the designated recycling facility(ies) or the designated green waste facility(ies), as appropriate.

m. RESIDENTIAL UNIT means a building or portion of a building used for dwelling purposes by an individual family or group of persons. (Ord. #2011-153; Ord. #2012-153)