§ 78-1. 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:

Ashes means the residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings.

Frequency of collection means the time elapsing between two successive collections, as established in this article.

Garbage means animal or vegetable wastes which arise from the use, preparation, or storage of food for human consumption, not including wastes from industrial processes and manufacturing operations.

Refuse means garbage, rubbish, ashes, and all other forms of waste material, including those from industrial processes and manufacturing operations.

Rubbish means nonputrescible material from residential, commercial, and institutional property, such as paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, bedding, furniture, metal, tin cans, dirt, glass, crockery, and miscellaneous mineral refuse, not including gravel, sand, earth or building materials.

(Code 1971, § 14-1)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.