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The following words and phrases, as defined in this section, shall be applicable in this chapter:

A. “Bulky wastes” means wastes that are not capable of being stored in the approved automated refuse containers and cannot be picked up by automated collection vehicles, including items such as appliances, furniture, large tree branches, and Christmas trees, etc.

B. “Commercial solid waste” refers to garbage, rubbish, trash, food waste, produced in the normal activities of commercial establishments, public or quasi-public institutions or establishments.

C. “Commercial users” means an enterprise, not a residence, such as a business, association, corporation, manufacturer, hotel, motel, resort, governmental entity, church, etc.

D. “Construction and demolition waste” means waste building materials and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations on houses, buildings, structures or pavements.

E. “Containers.” Approved garbage and rubbish containers consist of sixty-five-, ninety-five-, three-hundred- or four-hundred-gallon containers for residents and of sixty-five-, ninety-five-, three-hundred-, or four-hundred-gallon containers for park pick-up and other city uses as approved by the city. Approved containers will be supplied by the city to the user. These containers are designed specifically for automated collection, and are equipped with wheels for easy movement by residents and other city users. All containers have permanently attached tight-fitting lids.

F. “Food wastes” means animal, vegetable or mineral matter derived from the preparation of packaging foodstuffs.

G. “Garbage” means waste from the preparation, handling, storing, cooking or consumption of food and food products.

H. “Hazardous waste” means any chemical, compound, mixture, substance or article, which is designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality to be “hazardous” as that term is defined by or pursuant to federal, state or local law.

I. “Nonprocessible waste” means goods and materials, which are not residential and/or are prohibited by the disposal facility, which items include the following:

1. Any loads the majority of which consists of combustible material;

2. Hazardous waste of any kind;

3. Any material that when incinerated clearly conducts electricity;

4. Explosives;

5. Medical or pathological wastes;

6. Animal or human body parts or remains;

7. Any materials the majority of which is liquid;

8. White goods or appliances;

9. Construction debris of unprocessible proportions;

10. Large metal objects of any kind;

11. Large sealed containers of any kind;

12. Motor vehicles or related parts;

13. Any item exceeding two feet by two feet by five feet in dimensions;

14. Wood having a cross section exceeding nine inches or five feet in length;

15. Any vehicle containing material that is on fire, “hot load”;

16. Drywall.

Nonprocessible waste shall also include the following: commercial user, commercial solid waste, food wastes and bulky wastes as defined in this section.

J. “Recycling” means reusable refuse including but not limited to paper, cardboard, plastics, and metals.

K. “Refuse” means all solid waste including but not limited to ashes, bedding, cardboard, paper, wood, cans, metal, glass, crockery, rubber, plastic, leather, rags, lawn cuttings, clipping from bushes and shrubs, leaves, trees, flowers, etc. Refuse does not include garbage and hazardous waste.

L. “Residential solid waste” means garbage or refuse produced by or resulting from the normal activities of households and residential properties.

M. “Residential unit” means a dwelling unit such as a single residential dwelling, or multi-residential dwelling of two or less units, which is located adjacent to a public street. A residential unit shall not include apartment developments of three units or more, planned unit developments, condominiums, hotels, motels, townhouses, etc., unless otherwise approved by the city. Each unit of a multi-residential dwelling shall be considered a separate residence. (Ord. 1/2/2007O-1 § 1 (part); Ord. 12/03/02(B) (part); Ord. 8/27/2002B (part))