§ 8.8.010. Definitions.

Pursuant to this Chapter, the following definitions of terms shall apply:

A.

"City-owned container" means any container supplied to residential or commercial refuse generators by the City.

B.

"Compost" means the product resulting from the decomposition of leaves, straw, grasses, and other such organic matter mixed or unmixed with well-rotted manure, and mixed or unmixed with materials ordinarily forming a part of the soil used as fertilizer and soil conditioner.

C.

"Contract collection" means engagement by the City of a private company or companies under formal agreement and definite specifications to collect and haul municipal refuse for which the contractors are paid from general public revenues or service fees collected by the City.

D.

"Disposal area" means any site, location, tract of land, area, building, structure, or premises used or intended to be used for refuse disposal.

E.

"Garbage" or "Refuse" means every accumulation of matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay, dealing in, or storage of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruit, or vegetables, including the cans, containers, or wrappers. These terms also include solid materials including but not limited to the following:

1.

Garbage cleanings;

2.

Industrial solid wastes or domestic solid wastes;

3.

Organic wastes or residue of animals sold as meat;

4.

Fruit or other vegetables or animal matter from kitchens or dining rooms;

5.

Wasted material from food establishments; or

6.

Any places dealing in or handling meat, fowl, fruits, grain or vegetables, offal, animal excreta or the carcasses of animals, brick, plaster, or other waste matter resulting from the demolition, alteration or construction of buildings or structures; accumulated waste material, cans, containers, tires, junk, or other such substances which may become a Nuisance.

F.

"Manure" means the accumulation of animal or fowl droppings with or without added decomposable materials such as straw, grasses, or leaves, exclusive of human excrement.

G.

"Municipal collection" means performance of collection operations under direction of a regular municipal department or official.

H.

"Owner/occupant" means the person occupying a dwelling or unit, or the person owning, operating, managing, or keeping any:

1.

Hotel;

2.

Apartment house;

3.

Rental unit;

4.

Mobile home;

5.

Boarding house;

6.

Trailer camp;

7.

Auto court;

8.

Food establishment;

9.

Industrial establishment;

10.

Commercial establishment;

11.

Business establishment;

12.

School;

13.

Church; or

14.

Institution or premises wherein or whereon refuse accumulates or is likely to accumulate.

I.

"Private collection" means collection by licensed individuals or companies of refuse materials from private properties, pursuant to arrangements made directly between the owner or occupant of the premises and the collector.

J.

"Rack" means any type of support which will hold refuse containers upright and protect the contents from being scattered by animals or the wind.

K.

"Refuse collector" means the person, firm, agency, public body, or employee or agent thereof who is engaged in the collection and/or transportation of refuse in any part of the City that is either properly licensed pursuant to OCCGF Title 5 or has written permission from the Public Works Director or designee to engage in such collection or transportation.

L.

"Refuse container" means any container supplied to refuse generators by an authorized collector which are approved by the City Public Works Director.

M.

"Refuse disposal" means the complete process required for the disposal of any refuse and includes all tools, equipment, treatment spaces, buildings, structures, appurtenances, and materials required to take refuse from a refuse collector and bury, incinerate, destroy, or otherwise dispose of such refuse.

N.

"Rubbish" means accumulation of any of the following:

1.

Wood and leaves;

2.

Trimmings from shrubs;

3.

Dead trees or branches; shavings and sawdust;

4.

Wood shavings;

5.

Woodenware;

6.

Printed matter including paper, paperboard, and pasteboard;

7.

Packing crates and pasteboard boxes;

8.

Grass and roots;

9.

Straw;

10.

Wearing apparel;

11.

Soil, earth, sand, clay, gravel, loam;

12.

Stone, bricks, plaster, crockery, glass, and glassware;

13.

Ashes, cinders, shell, and metals; or

14.

All other materials not included under the term "garbage."

O.

"Salvage operation" means any operation carried on by a person, firm, corporation, or other entity for the express purpose of reclaiming for value a portion of a substance, material, or goods prior to or as a part of the refuse disposal process by sorting, segregation, or other manual or mechanical means.

P.

"Transportation of refuse" means the hauling in bulk or in refuse containers to the designated disposal area or transfer station.

Q.

"Commercial collection" means collection from businesses and multifamily dwelling units containing two (2) or more separate dwellings.

R.

"Residential collection" means collection from all single-family dwellings.

S.

"Yard waste" means grass clippings, leaves, trimmings from shrubs and trees, and vegetable and flower garden plants.

T.

"Winter months' traveler" means a residential property owner who temporarily leaves his or her primary residence for a period of time during the months of November through April, often referred to as "snowbird".

(Ord. 3181, 2018)