Section 62-1. Definitions.
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:
approved container means industrial containers and containers provided by any customer of the city solid waste removal service and acceptable to the city.
bulk container means a 55-gallon drum supplied by the city for temporary storage of solid waste at street and beach locations and other city recreational facilities.
Business means and includes all retail, professional, wholesale and industrial facilities and any other commercial enterprises offering goods or services to the public.
collector means any person or entity authorized by the city to collect and remove solid waste.
commercial means and includes all retail, professional and wholesale facilities, but shall not include industrial facilities.
containerized business means and includes any business, multi-family dwelling or other structure whose solid waste is deposited in an approved container for removal by the collector.
duplex means and includes a detached two-family dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by two families.
hazardous materials means solid wastes that are hazardous by reason of their pathological, explosive, radiological or toxic characteristics.
individual container means an individual 20- or 30-gallon container for temporary storage of solid waste.
Industrial means establishments generating solid waste accumulation of metal, metal products, minerals, chemicals, rock, cement, asphalt, tar, oil, grease, glass, crockery, rubber, tires, bottles, cans, lumber, sawdust, wastes from animal packing or slaughterhouses or materials usually created by industrial enterprises.
Industrial container means a two cubic yard or larger container which can be emptied by mechanical means.
Multiple dwelling means and includes any building or structure containing four or more contiguous living units and intended exclusively for residential use by single persons or families.
recyclable material means aluminum and beverage (soda and beer only) cans, newspapers, glass jars and bottles (from food products only) and plastic beverage bottles.
single-family residence means and includes a detached single-family dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by one person or by one family.
solid waste means and includes garbage, refuse, yard trash, clean debris, white goods, special waste, ashes, sludge or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural or governmental operations.
Special container means any container provided by the city to segregate and collect any type of solid waste.
special material means those bulky materials or other special solid wastes that are not stored in approved containers and are not routinely generated in residential areas.
triplex means and includes a detached three-family dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by three families.
yard waste means solid waste which is an accumulation of lawn, grass or shrubbery cuttings or clippings and dry leaf rakings, palm fronds, small tree branches (not to exceed four feet in length and 50 pounds in weight), bushes or shrubs, green leaf cuttings, coconuts, fruits or other matter usually created in the care of lawns and yards or in land-clearing operations.