§ 18-1. 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:

Collecting and transporting service means a municipal or privately operated agency, business, or service for collecting or transporting solid waste for disposal.

Department means the village department of public works.

Nonresidential properties means commercial, retail, industrial, institutional, manufacturing, and governmental facilities and properties.

Sanitary landfill means a method of disposing of solid waste on land without creating nuisances or hazards to public health or safety, but utilizing the principles of engineering to confine the solid waste to the smallest practical volume, and by covering it with a layer of earth at the conclusion of each day's operation or at such more frequent intervals as may be necessary.

Solid waste means solid waste consisting of garbage, refuse, and other discarded or salvageable material, including waste material resulting from domestic use, public service activities, commercial, manufacturing, and industrial operations. Solid waste consists of the following categories:

(1) Residential waste. Garbage, refuse, ashes, and other waste including, but not limited to, metal, glass, paper, wood, rags, plastic, rubber, cloth, cans, bottles, litter, leaves, shrubbery, tree trimming, branches, trunks and stumps, grass clippings, brush, and small quantities of construction and/or demolition waste.

(2) Commercial waste. Wastes resulting from the operation of business enterprises including, but not limited to, offices, stores, restaurants, mobile home parks, and similar businesses.

(3) Industrial waste. Wastes resulting from industrial processes and operations.

(4) Manufacturing waste. Waste resulting from manufacturing processes and operations.

(5) Garbage. Waste resulting from the handling, cooking, processing, preparation, serving, storage, and consumption of food, including animal, fish, fowl, fruits, vegetables, or other matter which is subject to decomposition, decay, putrefaction, and the generation of offensive and noxious gases or odors.

(6) Refuse. Miscellaneous combustible and noncombustible, nonrecyclable waste material resulting from residential and plastic, papers, ashes, glass, lawn and garden waste, metals, rubber, street waste, wood, cloth, litter, leaves, shrubbery, brush and cardboard.

(7) Bulky waste. Discarded articles of such size as are not normally collected with residential waste including, but not limited to, appliances, furniture, plumbing fixtures, windows, and doors, but all of which would be considered residential wastes.

(8) Construction and/or demolition waste. Waste resulting from building construction or demolition, alteration, or repair, including excavated material, remodeling, and other waste such as concrete, stone, asphalt, sod, earth, dirt, and brick, except as indicated in section 18-32

(9) Hazardous and/or toxic wastes. Waste material or substances which, during normal storage or handling, may be a potential cause of harm, sickness, or death, such as explosives, petroleum products, medical or pharmaceutical materials, corrosive chemicals, poisonous or pathogenic substances, pesticide chemicals, radioactive materials, toxic materials, and all other similar harmful substances whether in solid, liquid, or gaseous form.

(10) Nauseous and/or offensive wastes. Those wastes that are unwholesome or have an unpleasant smell or are otherwise nauseous and/or offensive, such as manure, filth, slops, carcasses, carrion, meat, fish, entrails, hides and hide scrapings, paint, kerosene, oily or greasy substances, and objects that may cause injury to any person or animal or damage to vehicles such as barbed wire, briar thorns, or similar materials.

(11) Sewage plant refuse. Debris collected on the primary screens of the sewage treatment plant consisting of sticks, rags, etc.

(12) Recycle waste. That portion of miscellaneous combustible and noncombustible waste material resulting from residential and commercial activities that can be recovered through processes to regain that material for human use including, but not limited to, the following:

a. Yard waste. The term "yard waste" means leaves, grass clippings, garden debris, and brush, including clean woody vegetative material no greater than six inches in diameter. The term "yard waste" does not include stumps, roots, or shrubs with intact root balls.

b. Paper. The term "paper" means that portion of paper which remains in substantially original condition at the time of disposal so that material is suitable for commercial-grade recycling. The term "paper" does include magazines, books, and other physical media for written materials and cardboards. Paper is not suitable for recycling purposes when in a state which makes separation unreasonable or unduly expensive for reasons which include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. The paper has been put to another use, such as wrappings for other wastes, and is thus rendered unfit for commercial recycling; and

2. The paper is no longer flat and folded to the approximate dimensions of its original condition.

c. Major appliances. Major appliances are residential or commercial air conditioners, clothes dryers, clothes washers, dishwashers, freezers, microwave ovens, ovens, refrigerators, or stoves.

d. Comingled. Comingled recyclables are glass bottles and jars which contain a food or beverage product, aluminum beverage cans, plastic containers made of polyethylene terepathalate (PET) or high density polyethylene (HDPE), and steel and bimetal cans which contained a food or beverage product.

e. Waste tire. Waste tires are tires that are no longer suitable for their original purpose because of wear, damage or defect.

Solid waste disposal operation means the site, facility, operating practices, and maintenance thereof for the utilization, processing, or final disposal of solid waste including, but not limited to, at a sanitary transfer station, incineration, composting, reduction, shredding, compression, salvage, and resource recovery.

Solid waste transport site means a facility intended to collect and accept solid waste from solid waste collection vehicles which compacts and transfers that waste to large transfer trailers for transport to the sanitary transfer station or other disposal facilities.

(Code 2006, § 8.08; Ord. No. O5-1-97, 5-27-1997; Ord. No. O5-1-03, 5-27-2003)