Specific definitions.
Alley.
A publicly dedicated or maintained right-of-way, a portion
of which is open to use by the public for vehicular travel.
Council.
The city council, the governing body of the city.
Grantee.
The company authorized to provide waste hauling service,
Progressive Waste Solutions of TX d/b/a Waste Connections of Texas,
to the city, or its successor, transferee, or assignee.
Gross revenue.
All revenues derived directly or indirectly by the grantee,
its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent, and any person in which the
grantee has a financial interest, from or in connection with the operation
of the waste hauling service pursuant to this article. “Gross
revenue” shall not include any taxes or fees on waste hauling
services furnished by the grantee imposed directly upon any customer
by the state, the city or other governmental unit and collected by
the grantee on behalf of such governmental units.
Litter.
Any quantity of uncontainerized paper, metal, plastic, glass
or miscellaneous solid waste which may be classified as trash, debris,
rubbish, refuse, garbage or junk, not placed in a solid waste container.
Person.
A living human including any corporation, organization, government
or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust,
partnership, association, and any other legal entity. For purposes
of this article it includes pedestrians, bicyclists, and operators
of motor vehicles.
Private property.
Includes, but is not limited to, the following locations
owned by private individuals, firms, corporations, institutions or
organizations: yards, grounds, driveways, entranceways, passageways,
parking areas, working areas, storage areas, vacant lots and recreation
facilities.
Public property.
Includes, but is not limited to, the following exterior locations:
streets, street medians, roads, road medians, catch basins, sidewalks,
strips between streets and sidewalks, lanes, alleys, public rights-of-way,
public parking lots, school grounds, municipal vacant lots, parks,
other publicly owned recreation and office facilities, and municipal
waterways and bodies of water.
Sidewalk.
That portion of a street that is not improved and maintained
for vehicular travel.
Solid waste.
Any garbage, rubbish, sludge from a wastewater treatment
plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility,
and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid,
or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, municipal,
residential, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations and from
community and institutional activities.
Street.
A publicly dedicated or maintained right-of-way, a portion
of which is open to use by the public for vehicular travel.
Subscriber.
A recipient of waste hauling services under this article.
Trash receptacle.
A metal or heavy-duty plastic receptacle used for the disposal
of litter which is accessible to the public and intended for use in
the collection of solid waste.
Waste hauling service.
All municipal solid waste collection and removal services
provided by the grantee to a customer residing in the city. This term
includes collections from residential or residential and commercial
customers.