For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
be applicable:
ABANDONED VEHICLES
A class of waste which includes passenger automobiles, trucks
and trailers which are useless, unwanted and/or discarded by their
owners and have been left on City streets, other public places and
on private premises.
ANIMAL WASTE
All wastes from stables, kennels, pet pens, chicken coops,
veterinary establishments and the like.
BULK WASTE STICKER
One sticker as required for each bulk item as scheduled for
collection for bulk pickup by advance request in accordance with DPW
procedures. Bulk pickup can only be scheduled if a parcel is currently
opted in for trash services. A bulk pickup sticker is required for
each bulk item and shall cost $8 per sticker.
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BULK WASTES
All large items of refuse, such as appliances or furniture.
Other examples of bulk items include refrigerators, air conditioners,
dehumidifiers, chairs, tables, cribs, couches, bed frames, sofas,
fans, filing cabinets, TVs, plumbing fixtures, doors, windows, bicycles,
barbecue grills, mattresses, box springs, large toys, tires, lawn
mowers, snow blowers, stoves, washers, dryers, rugs, etc. Rugs must
be cut up into three- to four-foot lengths and stacked.
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CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES
All wastes that are the result of construction, remodeling,
repair and demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings,
pavements and other structures.
CONTAINER
See "standard legal container" as defined in this section.
DEAD ANIMALS
Those that die naturally or from diseases or are accidentally
killed or are intentionally killed. Condemned animals or parts of
animals from slaughterhouses, dog hospitals or similar places are
not included in this term, but are regarded as industrial refuse.
It is the intent of this section to describe only small animals such
as dogs, cats, rabbits, squirrels, chickens and rats that find their
homes within the wooded areas of the City or often serve as household
pets.
EXTRA BAG STICKER
Any extra trash which does not fit in the trash cart with
the lid fully closed is not allowed to be stacked, but must be placed
outside the trash cart in a closed plastic trash bag (See Subsection
(3) of the definition of "standard legal container" in this section.)
no larger than 32 gallons and labeled with one extra bag sticker.
It will be collected on the regular refuse collection day for the
cart. There shall be a limit of 10 extra bags on any given collection
day. Approved trash bag stickers shall also be made available for
resale to the public at retail and commercial establishments as determined
by the Director of Public Works, provided that no retail or commercial
establishment shall charge more than $2 for each sticker.
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GARBAGE
All animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, paper booklet, or any other printed or otherwise
reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
All waste of a pathological, explosive, radioactive or toxic
nature.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Consists of the solid waste materials from factories, processing
plants and other manufacturing enterprises.
LITTER
"Garbage," "refuse" and "rubbish" as defined in this chapter
and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited
in this chapter, tends to create a danger to public health, safety,
welfare, or appearance.
LITTER RECEPTACLE
A litter storage and collection receptacle as required and
authorized by regulations and ordinance of the Waste Disposal Division
of the Department of Public Works.
MARKET WASTE
That waste which generates from the wholesale and retail
markets as a result of handling, storage, and selling of poultry,
fish, meat, vegetables, and fruit. Included are large quantities of
putrescible garbage along with some rubbish such as wooden crates
and cardboard boxes.
NEWSPAPER
Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general
law; any newspaper duly entered with the Postal Service Department
of the United States, in accordance with federal statute or regulation;
any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided
by general law; and, in addition thereto, means and includes any periodical
or current magazine regularly published with not fewer than four issues
per year, and sold to the public.
OVERGROWTH
Any grass, grass clippings, weeds, pruning, leaves, tree
branches, general yard or garden waste in excess of six inches high
located on any parcel of land whether occupied or vacant, including
a vacant lot.
PAPER
All combustible material, excluding newsprint but including
books, magazines, wrapping paper, cardboard boxes, cartons, rags and
cast-off clothing.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the City, owned or used by the City and
devoted to active or passive recreation.
PERSON
Any person or his servant, agent, employee or representative,
as well as a firm, partnership, association, corporation, company
or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building, or other structure, designed
or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited or temporarily or continually uninhabited or vacant,
and includes any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule
or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building
or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or public
ways and any and all grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
The total solid waste of the community.
RUBBISH
All waste consisting of a variety of both combustible and
noncombustible solid waste materials of households, stores and institutions.
Combustible rubbish consists of miscellaneous burnable materials;
and, in general, it is the organic component of rubbish such as paper,
rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, bedding, rubber, leather, grass,
leaves and other yard trimmings, as well as combustible inorganic
materials such as plastics. Noncombustible rubbish, for the most part,
consists of the organic components of rubbish such as tin cans, metals,
dirt, ceramics, glass and similar or like substances.
SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLING
A system that takes the multiple recycling "streams" collected through the Springfield curbside program, mixed paper and commingled containers, and allows residents to put them together in one container. The sorting of the recyclables will be done by machines at a processing facility. Residents shall use a single-stream recycling cart provided by DPW and collected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter (see §
327-17, recycling definitions) and DPW procedures.
STANDARD LEGAL CONTAINER
Standard legal containers acceptable for use in the City
shall substantially adhere to the following specifications:
(1)
A rubbish container issued by DPW as a cart in accordance with
this chapter.
(2)
A paper refuse sack (also known as a "leaf bag" or "yard waste
bag"), which shall be a sanitary paper sack or equal of thirty-gallon
capacity, two-ply fifty-pound wet strength with reinforced self-supporting
square bottom closure.
(3)
A plastic trash bag, which shall be a sanitary polyethylene
(plastic) bag having a dart impact strength at folds and seals of
not less than 60 grams, and a film thickness strength of two mils,
a maximum capacity of 30 gallons and capable of supporting material
having a total weight of 30 pounds with a density of 15 pounds per
cubic foot and having openings closed by means of wire ties, string
or rope.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
YARD WASTE
Consists of general yard and garden waste, prunings, grass
clippings, weeds, leaves, twigs, brush and tree branches up to three
feet in length and 1/2 inch in diameter.
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