For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words and other derivations shall have the meanings
given herein:
ASHES
The residue from burning wood, coke or other combustible
material.
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION
Refers to the departmental collection service for all commercial
establishments, including but not being limited to a building under
one roof housing four or more living units, boardinghouses, rooming
homes, stores, office buildings, restaurants, service stations and
garages, laundries and cleaning establishments, industrial establishments
and all other places not classed as residential which produce or accumulate
solid waste and do not utilize private noncurbside collection.
COMPACTED REFUSE
Refuse reduced in volume by the application of pressure thereto.
COMPONENTS
Includes paper, glass, metals, plastics, garden and yard
waste and such other elements of solid waste as may be designated
or defined by rules or regulations adopted by the Superintendent.
[Added 8-17-1992 by L.L. No. 6-1992]
CURBSIDE COLLECTION
Refers to collection from that area within unobstructed arms'
reach of the public street. Containers placed behind any structure
such as a fence or wall or place below the ground surface are not
included in this definition and shall be excluded from curbside service.
CURBSIDE CONTAINER
The common twenty- through thirty-two-gallon plastic or galvanized
iron garbage can with a well-fitting lid, a plastic bag of similar
capacity or a molded polyethylene barrel, available in various capacities,
specifically designed to be picked up by hand and used to store solid
waste generated at residences and small businesses.
DEPARTMENTAL COLLECTION
Refers to the Village Sanitation Department or the entity
authorized by contract with the Village to provide curbside collection
service on behalf of the Village.
DISPOSE or DISPOSAL
Refers to the accumulation, storage, collection or transportation
of solid waste to a transfer facility, disposal site, sanitary landfill
or resource-recovery facility or other Village-authorized facility.
Unless otherwise indicated, all references to "collection" shall be
deemed to include the term "disposal."
ECONOMIC MARKETS
Refers to instances in which the full avoided costs of proper
collection, transportation and disposal of source-separated materials
are equal to or greater than the cost of collection, transportation
and sale of said material less the amount received from the sale of
said material.
[Added 8-17-1992 by L.L. No. 6-1992]
GARBAGE
Putrescible, animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
NONCURBSIDE COLLECTION
Refers to the private collection of refuse in noncurbside
areas of property prescribed by the Superintendent by rule or regulation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including garbage, rubbish and ashes.
RESIDENCE and RESIDENTIAL
Refers to single-family dwellings, duplexes, triplexes and
variations thereof so long as the number of living units contained
within does not exceed three. Each living unit of a duplex or triplex
shall be deemed a separate "residence."
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid waste, including ashes, consisting of
both combustible and incombustible wastes such as paper, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, street cleanings, wood, glass, fabric, crockery
and similar materials.
STOP
An area designated by the Superintendent where containers
shall be placed for pickup by the Sanitation Department.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Incorporated Village
of Freeport.
VILLAGE
The Incorporated Village of Freeport.
No employee of the Village Sanitation Department
or Village-authorized refuse collector shall be required to enter
a building or structure to gather or collect any waste material in
the course of his duties. No employee shall accept or receive any
tip or gratuity for the performance of his duties or solicit money
for any purpose in connection therewith.
In the event that any provision of this article
is declared unconstitutional or invalid or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the applicability
of such provision to other persons and circumstances and the constitutionality
or validity of every other provision of this article shall not be
affected thereby.