§ 36-1. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Construction debris means all debris and waste material resulting from building or repairs, including but not limited to such items as scrap lumber, concrete, brick, scraps, wire and roofing materials.

Department means the public works department of the city.

Director means the public works director of the city.

Garbage means solid waste that is putrescible animal and vegetable waste materials from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food, including waste materials from markets, storage facilities, and the handling and sale of produce and other food products.

Multiunit dwelling means any structure or group of structures normally used or intended for use by more than a single family. The term "multiunit dwelling" includes, but it is not limited to, apartment houses, hotels, motels, churches, schools and offices.

Premises means business houses, boardinghouses, offices, theaters, hotels, trailer or mobile home parks, restaurants, cafes, eating houses, tourist courts, apartments, sanitariums, roominghouses, schools, private residences, vacant lots and all other places within the city where garbage, trash or rubbish accumulate.

Trash means rubbish such as, but not limited to, feathers, tin cans, bottles, papers, rags, grass, boxes and cartons, old clothes and shoes, ashes, grass trimmings, hedge, tree, plant and shrub trimmings, leaves and limbs, yard cleaning and other similar items.

(Code 1978, § 9-1; Code 1993, § 62-1)