[R.O. 2004 § 225.010; CC 1986 § 60.010; Ord. No. 05 § 1, 8-19-2002]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
APPROVED INCINERATOR
An incinerator which complies with all current regulations
of the Missouri Air Conservation Commission.
BULKY RUBBISH
Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or
non-combustible waste materials from dwelling units, commercial, industrial,
institutional or agricultural establishments which are either too
large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in solid waste
transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors with the equipment
available therefor.
CITY
The City of Duquesne, Missouri.
COLLECTION
Removal of solid waste from its place of storage to the transportation
vehicle.
CONTRACTOR
Such person, firm or corporation as may be contracted with
to provide solid waste transportation and disposal for the City.
CURBSIDE
A location adjacent to and not more than five (5) feet from
any street.
DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of twenty
(20) gallons to thirty-nine (39) gallons or, if specifically designated
for storage of solid waste, a maximum of fifty-five (55) gallons.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms located within a structure and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or
are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Units of multiple-housing facilities may be billed as dwelling units
upon request by the owner of said dwelling units.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food.
HAZARDOUS WASTES
Any waste or combination of wastes, as determined by the
Hazardous Waste Management Commission by rules and regulations, which,
because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious
characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase
in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating
reversible illness, or pose a present or potential threat to the health
of humans or the environment.
MAJOR APPLIANCES
Clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, trash compactors,
dishwashers, conventional ovens, ranges, stoves, wood stoves, air
conditioners, refrigerators and freezers.
OCCUPANT
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall be in actual possession of any dwelling unit or of any other
improved real property, either as owner or as a tenant.
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, partnership, trust, association
or corporation. As applied to partnerships or associations, the word
includes the partners or members thereof; and as applied to corporations,
it includes the officers, agents or employees thereof who are responsible
for the act referred to.
PROCESSING
Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting
and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified
or solid waste quantity is reduced.
PROHIBITED ITEMS
Items which are eliminated by State law from being disposed
of in a solid waste disposal area, including, but not limited to,
major appliances, waste oil, lead-acid batteries, waste tires and
the like as the same may be now or hereafter defined by State law.
SOLID WASTE
Any unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semisolid
state, including, but not limited to, garbage, ashes, street refuse,
rubbish, dead animals, animal and agricultural waste, discarded appliances,
special waste, industrial waste and demolition and construction waste,
but does not include "yard waste" as defined herein.
1.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTESolid waste resulting from the operation of any commercial, industrial, institutional or agricultural establishment and multiple-housing facilities with more than two (2) dwelling units.
2.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTESolid waste resulting from the maintenance and operation of dwelling units, excluding multiple-housing facilities with more than two (2) dwelling units.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Receptacle used by any person to store solid waste during
the interval between solid waste collections.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
The process of discarding or getting rid of unwanted material,
in particular, the final disposition of solid waste by man.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation,
processing and disposal.
STORAGE
Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from time of
its production until the time of its collection.
TRANSPORTATION
The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection
or processing to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste
disposal area.
YARD WASTES
Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden vegetation and Christmas
trees. The term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact
root balls.