§ 34-1. Definitions.  


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  • 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:

    Firm means any qualified entity who holds a valid contract with the city for disposal of garbage and/or trash.

    Garbage includes any and all waste food, dry kitchen refuse, waste from the preparation and consumption of food and solids after the liquids have been drained off.

    Premises means business houses, boardinghouses, offices, hotels, private residences, tourist courts, churches, schools, vacant lots, and all other premises within the limits of the city where garbage and/or trash accumulates.

    Trash means paper, rags, clothes, paper and pasteboard containers, rubber, crates, weeds, grass, small tree limbs, aluminum, tin, glass, wire, bottles, etc., and in addition thereto any of the listed items utilized for recycling purposes.

(Code 1982, § 13-1; Ord. of 6-7-1965, § 7; Ord. No. 92-3, § 1, 2-17-1992)