(1) “Ashes” means solid waste products of coal, wood, or other fuels used for heating and cooking, from all public and private establishments and from all residences.

(2) “Can” means a watertight, galvanized, sheet metal or plastic receptacle of a tapered design not exceeding 32 gallons in capacity, four cubic feet or 12 pounds when empty and 75 pounds when full, fitted with two handles and a tight-fitting lid. A can shall be watertight, rodent and insect proof, and shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times. Alternate receptacles such as bags, boxes and bundles may be used in place of a can; provided, that a customer’s primary receptacle shall always be a can or cart.

(3) “Cart” means a plastic receptacle on wheels with handles and a tight-fitting cover capable of being mechanically unloaded into collection vehicles operated by the contractor in accordance with the collector’s contract. Cart weights shall not exceed a maximum of 95 pounds for a 65-gallon cart or a maximum of 130 pounds for a 95-gallon cart.

(4) “Combustible rubbish” or “burnable material” means, in general, the organic component of refuse, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood excelsior, furniture, bedding, rubber, plastics, leather, tree branches, lawn trimmings, and the like.

(5) “Commercial refuse” means all solid wastes that originate in businesses, office buildings, stores, markets, theaters and other buildings, and shall include all service points not covered by the term “residence.”

(6) “Compost” means a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land.

(7) “Container” means a detachable container which is to be left at a customer’s premises and to be emptied into the collector’s truck and which is lifted by mechanical means. All such containers shall be metal or of another material found by collector to be equally good for such purpose, easily cleanable and insect proof and approved by the city. If the containers are to be used for wet waste of any kind, they shall be watertight and have metal or plastic lids.

(8) “Contractor” or “collector of refuse” means the individual, firm, association, co-partnership, corporation or any other entity whatsoever, including the city of Electric City, which collects garbage, rubbish, refuse, solid waste, or other waste material in the city of Electric City under any arrangement whatsoever.

(9) “Garbage and refuse” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, including but not limited to animal and vegetable wastes. “Garbage and refuse” is a generic term used in this chapter to mean garbage, rubbish, ashes, swill, carcasses of dead animals, and all other putrescible and nonputrescible wastes. Garbage does not include hazardous wastes which are those waste products which the city collector is unable to collect, transport or dispose of because of potential danger to personnel, equipment or landfill site or which rules of the health department, the Washington State Department of Ecology, or the Environmental Protection Agency, prohibit it from collecting, transporting or disposing of through the designated disposal system.

(10) “Hazardous wastes” means dangerous wastes requiring special handling including, but not limited to, explosives, pathological wastes, radioactive materials and chemicals.

(11) “Health officer” means the county health officer as defined in RCW 70.05.010, or their authorized representatives.

(12) “Occasional extra refuse” is disposable garbage in addition to the number of containers for which a customer has requested regular service.

(13) “Open burning” means the burning of solid wastes in an open area or burning of solid wastes in a type of chamber or vessel that is not approved in regulations.

(14) “Person” means any individual, firm, association, co-partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever.

(15) “Pollution” means the presence in the environment or portion of the environment of contaminating substances, materials, forms of animals or plant life in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration, as is or is likely to be injurious to humans, to other plant of animal life, or property, or which unreasonably interferes with enjoyment of life and property.

(16) “Premises” means any dwellings, flats, apartments, rooming houses, hotels, clubs, restaurants, hospitals, schools, boardinghouses, eating places, shops and places of business, or any other building or structure.

(17) “Putrescible” means capable of being decomposed by micro-organisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisances from odors, gases, etc. Kitchen wastes, offal and dead animals are examples of putrescible components of solid waste.

(18) “Receptacle” means a container, vessel or holder, approved by the city for storing garbage until collected by the city’s solid waste and disposal system and includes cans, carts and/or containers.

(19) “Residence” means the place of dwelling of one head of family and his or her dependents.

(20) “Rubbish” means all discarded non-putrescible solid waste except ashes, including paper, cardboard, tin cans, wood, glass, bedding, yard clippings, etc., from all public and private establishments and residences.

(21) “Scavenging” means the uncontrolled picking of materials.

(22) “Special pickup” means collection of regular service, upon request of the customer, on a day or at a time other than the regularly scheduled day and time. Any amount collected upon such request that is in excess of the regularly scheduled service shall be charged for an additional charge listed in the schedule of charges.

(23) “Swill” means and includes every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, which attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, and vegetables.

(24) “Unsanitary condition” means any situation which negatively affects the health and general welfare of humans or is of such a character to be likely to be injurious to humans, plant or animal life, or property, or which unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of life or property.

(25) “Vacant” means not lived in or occupied.

(26) “Waste” means useless, unused, unwanted or discarded materials. Waste includes solids, liquids, and gases. The gases are principally industrial fumes and smoke; the liquids consist mainly of sewage and the fluid part of industrial wastes, the solids are classed as refuse or solid wastes.

(27) “Yard waste” means leaves, grass, pruning and clippings of woody as well as fleshy plants. Materials larger than four inches in diameter and three feet in length shall not be considered yard waste. Yard waste does not include dirt, rocks, and sod. Christmas trees will be considered yard waste if they have been cut and bundled to a maximum length of three feet.

(28) Words herein used in the present tense include the future tense, and the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, and in the masculine include the feminine gender. (Ord. 456 § 1, 2012; Ord. 358 § 3, 2003)