§ 9-56-1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein:

Bulky refuse means discarded appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, and discarded furniture or similar bulky materials having a weight greater than 75 pounds and/or volume greater than 35 gallons.

Cart means the wheeled, mechanically dumped, usually plastic container, with a capacity in excess of 90 gallons, as distributed by the city for use by the public as a refuse container.

Director means the director of the solid waste division.

Garbage includes every accumulation of both animal and vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storage of meat, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables, cans or other containers originally used for foodstuffs.

Hazardous waste means a hazardous waste as defined in T.C.A. § 68-46-104.

Industrial waste means solid waste produced in, or generated by, industrial or manufacturing processes. The term does not include commercial or domestic waste.

Person means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.

Public place includes parks, docks, wharves, water or open adjacent spaces thereto and public yards, grounds and areas and all open spaces between buildings and streets and in view of such streets.

Recycling bin means any container distributed or designated by the city for use as a repository for recyclable materials, the materials to be collected by the city or its designee.

Refuse is a comprehensive term meaning any worthless leaving to be discarded; including, but not limited to, garbage, bulky refuse, rubbish, and industrial and hazardous waste.

Rubbish/trash includes all nonputrescible solid waste except building material, bulky refuse, hazardous waste and industrial waste.

Solid waste is the same as "refuse" or "trash," normally presented for collection at the curb in a disposable container and collected in packer type vehicles.

(Ord. No. 5707, § 15-1, 9-25-2018)