In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Contractor"
means any person authorized by the Council to collect solid waste from others within the Town limits in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.72.020.
"Garbage"
means that solid waste which includes kitchen refuse, offal, swill, and other matter that attends the preparation, dealing in or handling of food-stuffs. It shall also include all other refuse, except rubbish, sewage, trash and recyclable material.
"Health officer"
means the health officer of Napa County acting as the Town health officer.
"Place"
means public or private land, building, site, public or private drainage ditch, or public or private road in the Town.
"Recyclable material"
means that material which otherwise would become or be treated as solid waste but which, by means of a process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and/or reconstructing, may be returned to the economic mainstream in the form of finished or source material for new, reused or reconstituted products which may be used in the market place. The term includes, but is not limited to, paper, books, magazines, cardboard, boxes, plastic, metal, glass and other similar materials authorized by the Town for collection by the contractor.
"Refuse and recycling services"
means the collection of refuse, recyclables and other waste by the authorized waste collection permittee or franchisee contracted by the Town or by another entity to which the Town is a member, such as a joint powers authority.
"Rubbish"
means those nonputrescible solid wastes including all dry refuse such as tree trimmings, ashes, dead plants and lawn and yard clippings, except to the extent such materials are exempt under Section 13.80.020.
"Solid waste"
means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semi-solid and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid wastes, other discarded and solid and semi-solid wastes, and recyclable material. Solid waste does not include any wastes defined under Federal or State laws and regulations as hazardous waste, low-level radioactive waste regulated by California Health and Safety Code Sections 25800 et seq., or medical waste.
"Solid waste removal contract"
means a contract entered into between the Town and a contractor pursuant to Section 13.72.020.
(Ord. 318-01; Ord. 15-431)
The Town may contract for the collection and disposal of solid waste accumulated inside the Town by granting to a qualified person the privilege of doing so. The privilege granted by the Town may be either exclusive or nonexclusive, and may relate to all or a portion of the area within the Town and may relate to all solid waste or to any one or more of the substances constituting solid waste.
(Ord. 39, 1967; Ord. 318-01)
Solid waste removal rates shall be as set forth in the solid waste removal contract or any extension thereof between the Town and contractor and as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof. No contractor shall make any charge for such removal in excess of those rates so established.
(Ord. 39, 1967; Ord. 59, 1970; Ord. 318-01)
This division does not apply to the State of California Veterans' Home. This division does not apply to the services provided pursuant to the Upper Valley Waste Management Agency Formation Agreement as long as that Agreement is still effective.
(Ord. 39, 1967; Ord. 318-01)