As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated below:
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Branford, Connecticut.
When used in reference to the voting body, it shall be taken to include
the phrase "or a majority thereof."
Incorporates the definition of said term as used in the regulations
of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
Corrugated boxes and similar corrugated and kraft paper materials
which have a minimum of contamination by food or other material.
Any person, firm or corporation whose principal business
activity is collecting, picking up and/or transporting solid waste.
Defined as in Section 47-202 of the Connecticut General Statutes,
as it shall be amended from time to time.
The Town's composting facility, area or areas as designated
by the Board of Selectmen.
A person or persons appointed by the First Selectman pursuant
to the terms of this chapter to enforce the rules and regulations
set forth in this chapter and those adopted by the Board of Selectmen
from time to time.
Defined as in Section 47-68a or 47-202 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, as it shall be amended from time to time.
Any device used for generating electric current through a
chemical reaction, including but not limited to nickel-cadmium batteries,
carbon batteries and alkaline batteries.
A building containing one or more dwelling units.
A building or a part of a building designed for occupancy,
and so occupied, by one family. Accommodations occupied for transient
lodging in a hotel or motel shall not be considered to be a dwelling
unit.
[Amended 6-11-2003]
Animal, vegetable or other organic wastes resulting from
the handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food.
Any glass bottle or jar of any size or shape used to package
food or beverage products suitable for human or animal consumption.
Grass and other trimmings from the care of a lawn, with a
minimum of contamination by pesticides.
Any high-density polyethylene bottle or jar of any size or
shape used to package food, household laundry products or crankcase
oil.
Any person, firm or corporation, other than a commercial
solid waste hauler, depositing or dumping solid waste in any Town
solid waste facility only occasionally and incidental to a business
or trade, such as a building contractor, landscaper or gardener.
A facility which can recycle an item or items and market
or deliver for reuse the resulting material product or products. Such
facilities may be owned by public or private entities or combinations
thereof and may offer service on a state, regional, municipal or submunicipal
level.
The foliage of trees, bushes and other plants with a minimum
of contamination by rocks, sticks or branches and pesticides.
Catalogs, magazines or other similar printed matter.
Any aluminum, bimetal, steel, tin-plated steel or other metallic
can, plate or tray of any size or shape used to package food or beverage
products suitable for human or animal consumption. Clean aluminum
foil is also included in this category.
That portion of the solid waste stream suitable for disposal,
as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection of the
State of Connecticut, on the MSW side of the Town landfill.
Any used or discarded newsprint which has a minimum of contamination
by food or other material. Newspapers shall be considered to have
a minimum of contamination if they have not been exposed to substances
rendering them unusable for recycling.
Any used or discarded high-grade white paper and manila paper,
including but not limited to paper utilized for file folders, tab
cards, writing, typing, printing, computer printing and photocopying,
which is suitable for recycling and which has a minimum of contamination.
Any polyethylene terephthalate container of any size or shape
used to package beverages.
A dwelling consisting of one, two, three or four dwelling
units. No CIC shall be considered a private home.
[Amended 6-11-2003]
Any items designated by this chapter or by the Solid Waste
Management Commission to be separated or diverted as defined below
under "recycle."
To separate or divert an item or items from the solid waste
stream for the purposes of processing it, causing it to be processed
or storing it for later processing into a material product, including
the production of compost, in order to provide for disposition of
the item or items in a manner, other than incineration or landfilling,
which will best protect the environment. Nothing in this definition
shall preclude the use of waste oil as fuel in an oil burner or waste
tires as fuel in an incinerator.
Any container designated as a recycling container by the
Solid Waste Management Commission.
The Town's recycling facility, area or areas as designated
by the Board of Selectmen.
Garbage and rubbish.
Any CIC in which the units are used for dwelling or recreational
purposes, or both. RCIC's shall not include apartments, cooperatives
or commercial or other forms of nonresidential ownership.
A physical portion of an RCIC designated for separate ownership
or occupancy.
That portion of municipal solid waste that is not garbage.
Used or discarded items which consist predominantly of ferrous
metals, aluminum, brass, copper, lead, chromium, tin, nickel or alloys
thereof, including but not limited to white goods.
Discarded rubber or synthetic rubber tires used by or manufactured
for vehicles, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, buses
and trailers.
Unwanted or discarded materials, including solid, liquid,
semisolid or contained gaseous material. This is an all-encompassing
term, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, recyclables,
bulb waste and other separately identified waste streams.
The Town landfill, transfer station, recycling center and
compost site or any other facility designated by the Board of Selectmen.
Batteries used in motor vehicles, airplanes, boats, recreational
vehicles, tractors and like applications or other lead-acid batteries.
The Town's solid waste disposal area situated off Ark Road
in Branford and any other areas designated by the Board of Selectmen.
The Town's solid waste transfer facility, area or areas as
designated by the Board of Selectmen.
Any association of RCIC unit owners acting as a group in
accordance with their RCIC documents.
Crankcase oil that has been utilized in internal combustion
engines.
Organic waste from yard care, including but not limited to
branches, brush, hedge trimmings and dead plants. Yard waste does
not include grass clippings or leaves.
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Editor's Note: The definition of "Assessor's
residential dwelling list," which immediately preceded this definition,
was repealed 6-11-2003.
