§ 58-1. 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:

Ashes means the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible materials.

Commercial and domestic building material means and includes sand, earth, wood, stone, brick, concrete, construction blocks, roofing, wallpaper and other building materials usually left over after a construction or remodeling project or removing of buildings.

Commercial garbage means all solid and semisolid kitchen refuse subject to decay or putrefaction and all waste of animal or vegetable matter, which was intended to be used as food or byproducts of food from kitchens or hotels, rest homes, apartment houses, roominghouses, meat markets and restaurant-type establishments.

Commercial recyclable container means a front-end load container, 95-gallon cart, or other container approved by the director for use in recycling commercial recyclable material.

Commercial recyclable material means corrugated containers (cardboard boxes); computer paper; white file stock; newspaper; clear, brown and green glass containers; aluminum cans; tin cans; HDPE or PET plastic beverage containers; and such other recyclable materials as determined by the director.

Commercial trash means all trash from commercial establishments which includes tin cans, bottles, paper, cardboard boxes and crates.

Commercial waste means trees, tree stumps, tree limbs, tree trunks or other material that may be accumulated as a result of citrus grove maintenance, or as a result of repairs to land or removing trees for buildings or as results of clearing of lots.

Construction and demolition debris container means a suitably large container with a floor and four connecting sides made from solid material capable of hauling construction debris including concrete metals and wood. Unless the container is a truck itself, the container shall be capable of being loaded onto a truck for removal.

Cy means cubic yard.

Director means the director of public works or designee.

Domestic garbage means all solid and semisolid kitchen refuse subject to decay or putrefaction and all waste of animal or vegetable matter which was intended to be used as food, tin cans, bottles and newspapers.

Domestic trash means any refuse other than garbage or putrescible materials and building waste. It shall include cardboard boxes, grass or hedge clippings, weeds, fallen leaves, citrus droppings, branches and vines, provided that such branches, shrubs and vines are not more than four feet long or more than four inches in diameter.

Domestic waste means tree trimmings, stumps, logs, tree trunks and removing or trimming of trees on domestic property, yard grass diggings, discarded furniture and appliances.

Hazardous materials means highly inflammable, explosive materials, toxic, corrosive or contagious medical supplies that carry infectious diseases.

Manure means cleanings from all barns, stables, corrals or pens used for stabling or penning of animals or fowl.

Mixed recyclables means aluminum cans, metal cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles.

Participating commercial establishments means those businesses or other nonresidential entities within the city that utilize commercial recyclable containers for recycling commercial recyclable material. Nothing in article III of this chapter shall require any business or other nonresidential entity to recycle commercial recyclable material.

Reasonable quantity means a quantity not exceeding 200 cubic feet.

Recovered materials means those materials which have known recycling potential, which can be feasibly recycled and which have been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use or reuse by separation, collection or processing.

Recycling means any process by which solid waste or materials which would otherwise become solid waste are collected, separated, or processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products.

Refuse means any combustible trash, paper, rags, pasteboard boxes, berry boxes, whole or broken bottles, and all other trash or discarded materials not containing vegetable or animal matter tending to rapid decay or putrefaction.

Roll-off compactor means a compacting container which is used for the collection of solid waste. The roll-off compactor may be of the breakaway or self-contained variety and is typically hoisted onto specifically equipped trucks for transporting solid waste to a designated facility.

(Code 1988, § 17-1; Ord. No. 98-16, § I, 3-26-98; Ord. No. 00-23, 3-23-00; Ord. No. 00-49, § I, 8-24-00)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.