§ 22-19. Definitions.

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

Bulky wastes means items whose large size or weight precludes or complicates their handling by normal collection processing or disposal methods.

Cigar means a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaf, rolled in a series of types and sizes, that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth.

Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canary Islands (Spain), Italy and the eastern United States. The origins of cigar smoking are still unknown. In Guatemala, a ceramic pot dating back to the tenth century features a Mayan smoking tobacco leaves tied together with a string. Sikar , the term for smoking used by the Maya, may have inspired the name cigar.

Cigarette means a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one (1) end and allowed to smolder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth; in some cases, a cigarette holder may be used, as well. Most modern manufactured cigarettes are filtered and also include reconstituted tobacco and other additives.

The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette, but can apply to similar devices containing other substances, such as cloves or cannabis. A cigarette is distinguished from a cigar by its smaller size, use of processed leaf, and paper wrapping, which is normally white, though other colors and flavors are also available. Cigars are typically composed entirely of whole-leaf tobacco.

Collector means a person authorized by the Board of County Commissioners to collect and transport solid waste within the City.

Commercial means and includes all nonresidential and industrial establishments, but not limited to and without regard to whether they are profit or nonprofit organizations or retail and/or wholesale establishments, motels, hotels, stores, schools, churches, hospitals, office buildings, restaurants, service stations, garages, laundries, cleaning establishments, public or private institutions of all types, and all other business required to pay business license taxes.

Garbage means all kitchen and table food waste, animal or vegetative waste, that is attendant with or results from the storage, preparation, cooking or handling of food materials.

Improved property means all residential, commercial or industrial property that generates or is capable of generating solid waste.

Litter means and includes all garbage, rubbish, garden trash and all waste materials including, but not limited to, bottles, glass, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, disposable packages or containers and all other similar materials, and any substance of any kind or nature whatsoever that creates a public health, safety or fire hazard or a public nuisance.

Multiple-family residence means a building or structure that is designed for and capable of housing conveniently two (2) or more individuals or families in separate quarters.

Owner means the person owning an interest in improved property within the City.

Public way means any and all streets, roads, alleys, piers, bulkheads, boardwalks, lanes, trails, waters or other public ways, and any and all public properties serving as parks, squares, beaches, and any and all recreational facilities and properties owned and/or operated by the State, City, Federal government or special governmental districts.

Refuse means all solid wastes, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleaning, dead animals, bulky items, special wastes, sludge and trash.

Residential property means any structure or shelter, or any part thereof used, or constructed for use, as a residence for one (1) or more families or individuals and includes the classification multiple-family residence as defined in this section. Residential units shall be construed to mean a single-family dwelling, each living unit in a duplex or condominium dwelling or apartment house and each mobile home tiedown on a mobile home parcel or on a condominium parcel/site.

Residential waste means a mixture of garbage and trash resulting from normal housekeeping activities at a residential unit.

Sludge means any solid or semisolid or liquid generated from any wastewater treatment plant, air pollution control facility, septic tank, grease trap, portable toilets and related operations, or any such waste having similar characteristics or effects.

Solid waste means cigarette or cigar material, whole or part, used or unused, garbage, rubbish, refuse, trash or other discharged solid or semisolid materials resulting from domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural and governmental operations but does not include solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage effluent or other significant pollutants in water resources such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or other common water pollutants.

Solid waste disposal system means the total plan of the City Council for the collection, billing and disposal of solid waste within the City.

Solid waste facility means and includes land, equipment and buildings, constructed and maintained by the City Council to transfer and/or dispose of solid waste within the district.

Special wastes means those wastes that require extraordinary management. They include but are not limited to abandoned automobiles, white goods, tires, waste oil, sludges, dead animals, agricultural and industrial waste, septic tank pumpings and infectious and hazardous wastes.

Transfer station means a site and equipment designated by the City for the purposes of transferring refuse from collection vehicles to long-haul transport vehicles.

Trash means combinations of yard trash and construction and demolition debris along with other debris such as paper, cardboard, cloth, glass, white goods, street sweepings, vehicle tires and other like matter.

Yard trash means vegetative matter resulting from landscaping, maintenance or land-clearing operations and include materials such as tree and shrub trimmings, grass clippings, palm fronds, tree stumps, tree limbs, etc.

(Code 1999, § 8-17; Ord. No. 2016-03 , § 2, 4-26-2016)