The following definitions shall apply:
Lumber, brick, stone, carpet, plumbing materials, plaster, concrete, floor coverings, roofing material, gutters or other material or substances accumulated as a result of construction, repairs or additions to existing structures or accessory structures or demolition of those.
Large items of refuse, including, but not limited to: appliances; furniture; large auto parts; trees, branches and stumps; and construction and remodeling waste, which cannot be handled by normal municipal waste processing, collection or disposal methods.
The act of removing solid waste from a point of generation to an approved disposal site. Collection shall be at the curb for roll-out cart, yard waste, bulk and recyclable items.
A portable device in which solid waste is held for storage or transportation.
A person, business or corporation which provides goods or services to another person/entity under terms specified in a contract.
Residential units and light commercial entities located within the Town limits.
The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to the waters.
An amount established by the Mayor and Council for the collection of solid waste.
Offensive odors emanating from, but not limited to, garbage.
Waste resulting from animal, grain, fruit or vegetable matter.
Any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacturing of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals. Examples include, but are not limited to: car batteries, solvents, pesticides, herbicides, paints, waste oil, tires, propane tanks and appliances containing Freon.
A business entity within the Town limits that generates a volume of solid waste that cannot be accommodated in fewer than four roll-out carts.
Any waste accumulation of paper, sweepings, rags, bottles, cans or other matter of any kind, which is usually attendant to housekeeping, excluding recyclables and garbage.
Solid waste generated by industrial processes and manufacturing.
A business entity within the Town limits that generates a volume of solid waste that can be adequately accommodated by no more than four roll-out carts.
Residential housing consisting of more than six livable units.
Any property which is not a residential unit within the meaning of "residential units" as defined in this Code. Such properties include, but are not limited to: multifamily dwellings; commercial and industrial properties; strip malls and/or "mini-mart" plazas; institutional establishments; or any combination of the aforementioned uses. Such properties shall also include vacant land.
Any person, including the owner or operator, living, working or sleeping in a unit.
Any legally responsible person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:
Shall have legal title to any regulated residential or commercial properties, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
Shall have charge, care or control of any regulated residential or commercial properties, as owner or agent of the owner or any executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter and of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the same extent as if he were the owner.
A medical condition verified by a registered physician that makes an individual either physically unable to bring a roll-out cart to the curbside for collection and/or that makes undertaking that act clearly and seriously threatening to that person's health.
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of metals, glass, paper, cardboard, plastics and other materials which would otherwise be disposed of or processed as municipal waste.
A container approved by the Town for the collection of recyclable materials.
All materials which are discarded as useless. Such materials may include, but are not limited to: shrub cuttings; grass clippings; leaves; cardboard; paper; bottles; cans; clothing; and plastic containers, which can be handled by normal municipal waste processing, collection or disposal methods.
Single-family detached, single-family semidetached and single-family attached residential housing units and apartments with three or fewer units.
A ninety-six-gallon container having wheels and a hinged lid, issued by the Town, owned by the Town, for the disposal of refuse, as defined.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials, including, but not limited to: solid, semisolid, liquid and contained gaseous materials resulting from municipal, industrial, commercial, agricultural and residential activities.
The containment of waste on a temporary basis which does not constitute disposal of the waste.
The Town of Snow Hill, Maryland.
A material whose original purpose has been completed and which is directed to a disposal or processing facility or is otherwise disposed.
Grass, weeds, leaves, tree trimmings, plants, shrubbery pruning and other similar materials which are generated in the maintenance of yards and gardens, and which are separated from other solid waste materials and placed in a designated collection area. Yard waste shall not include trees, tree limbs, brush and other material resulting from commercial tree trimmers and/or lawn care services.