The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
Any material generated from minor renovation or demolition activities on primary personal residences within the City. Debris generated at apartment or condominium units not used as primary personal residence of the taxpayer shall not be accepted for free. Residents must bring any material to the dropoff themselves. Letters of authorization on the owner's behalf brought to the dropoff by nonresidents will not be accepted, unless approved by the City's contracted solid waste management company (the City's waste collection contractor). Residents requesting approval must submit an application to the Department of Building, Zoning, and Licensing Services.
[Amended 10-15-2013; 3-5-2019]
Specially marked bags (or stickers for bags up to 30 gallons in size) designed for refuse as approved by the City of Rochester Commissioner of Public Works. Bags (stickers) shall be sold by the City for waste that will not fit into the cart provided by the City's waste collection contractor for residential solid waste.
[Amended 3-5-2019]
Any acceptable municipal solid waste that is not capable of being placed in an approved container. Said waste shall include such items as oversized furniture, carpeting, large metal items and appliances. Bulky wastes must be less than 200 pounds, capable of being collected by two people and of a dimension no larger than six feet by six feet by four feet. Bulky waste shall not include appliances that contain or once contained CFCs.
Bulky waste materials securely tied together forming an easily handled package not exceeding four feet in length or 50 pounds in weight.
Refrigerants used in appliances such as dehumidifiers, water coolers, freezers, refrigerators, and air conditioners.
Refers to the City of Rochester, New Hampshire.
The individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation or association performing refuse collection and disposal under contract with the City.
A refuse depository for the processing or final disposal of refuse, including but not limited to sanitary landfills, transfer stations, incinerators and waste processing separation centers, licensed, permitted or approved by all governmental bodies and agencies having jurisdiction.
A commercially designed large metal container for refuse that has a closable top lid(s) and/or side slide doors.
Animal, vegetable or mineral matter derived from the preparation or packaging of foodstuffs.
Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food and including food containers.
Wastes classified as hazardous under federal, state or local law, and/or waste the acceptance of which in the City's waste collection contractor's judgment would pose a nuisance or threat to human health or the environment, and/or waste that cannot be accepted under the City's waste collection contractor's waste acceptance policy (waste acceptance policy) as amended from time to time.
[Amended 3-5-2019]
Hazardous waste generated from noncommercial usage by persons in their residence.
Any building or structure used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be so used which contains five or more suites of one or more rooms each suite having facilities for regular cooking. It also includes combinations of buildings upon a given property with five or more units.
Any activity occurring at a household located within the City that may generate material that requires disposal, not including new home construction or demolition of primary personal residences.
A unit that a resident taxpayer claims as his/her residence for voting.
Refers to all streets and highways maintained by the City or state. Class VI and private roads are specifically excluded.
Any material, including various glass, paper, cardboard, metal cans, plastics or other materials, that can be processed or treated at a Material Recovery Facility in order to produce reusable materials.
[Amended 7-2-2019]
Discarded waste materials in a solid or semi-liquid state, consisting of garbage, residential solid waste or a combination thereof.
[Amended 3-5-2019]
A dwelling unit such as a home, manufactured housing, or multifamily dwelling and condominium, but not including commercial establishments, businesses, hotels, motels or campgrounds, that is located within the City.
Facility located at TREE for City of Rochester residents to bring acceptable waste from normal household activities. Hours for residential dropoff center shall be publicized. Recycling is mandatory at the residential dropoff center.
A specifically designated wheeled container or cart distributed by the City's waste collection contractor to be used for the storage of acceptable recyclables in the automated collection process. No other receptacles will be permitted for collection by the City's waste collection contractor.
[Amended 3-5-2019]
All nonhazardous garbage, food wastes, and trash resulting from the normal household activities.
[Amended 3-5-2019]
The specifically provided or designated container distributed by the City's waste collection contractor. No other receptacles will be permitted.
[Amended 3-5-2019]
Combustibles such as paper, wood, fabric, etc., and noncombustibles such as metal, glass, stone, dirt, sawdust, etc.
[Amended 3-5-2019]
As defined in 40 CFR 240.101(z).
[Added 3-5-2019]
Turnkey Recycling and Environmental Enterprises facility located on Rochester Neck Road in the City of Rochester.
Materials include the following:
Any soft leaf, grass, brush or vegetable wastes generated from residences within the City of Rochester. The City will operate semiannual roadside collections of leaves, brush, grass clippings and other yard wastes. The Commissioner of Public Works will announce the collection schedules. Brush shall be properly bundled as defined above.
[Amended 3-5-2019]