Fayette Definitions ordinance (§ 230.010)

For the purposes of this Article, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meaning indicated below:

APPROVED INCINERATOR: An incinerator which complies with all current regulations of the responsible local, State, and Federal air pollution control agencies.

BULKY RUBBISH: Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or non-combustible waste materials from dwelling units, commercial, industrial, institutional, or agricultural establishments which are either too large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in solid waste transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors, with the equipment available therefor.

COLLECTION: Removal of solid waste from the designated pickup location to the transportation vehicle.

CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE: Waste materials from the construction and demolition of residential, industrial, or commercial structures, but shall not include materials defined as clean fill under this Section.

DIRECTOR: The director of the solid waste management program of the City shall be the City Administrator.

DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER: Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of twenty (20) to thirty-five (35) gallons specifically designed for storage of solid waste.

DWELLING UNIT: Any room or group of rooms located within a structure, and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.

GARBAGE: Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food.

HAZARDOUS WASTE: Any waste or combination of wastes, as determined by the Commission by rules and regulations, which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness, or pose a present or potential threat to the health of humans or the environment.

MULTIPLE-HOUSING FACILITY: A housing facility containing more than one (1) dwelling unit under one (1) roof.

OCCUPANT: Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall be in actual possession of any dwelling unit or of any other improved real property, either as owner or as a tenant.

PERSON: Any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, trust, institution, city, county, other political subdivision, authority, state agency or institution, or federal agency or institution, or any other legal entity.

PROCESSING: Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified or solid waste quantity is reduced.

REFUSE: Solid waste.

SOLID WASTE: Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials, including, but not limited to, solid and semi-solid waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental and domestic activities, but does not include hazardous waste as defined in Sections 260.360 to 260.432, RSMo., recovered materials, post-use polymers, recovered feedstocks, overburden, rock, tailings, matte, mill scale and slag or other waste material resulting from mining, milling or smelting.

SOLID WASTE CONTAINER: Receptacle used by any person to store solid waste during the interval between solid waste collections.

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL: The process of discarding or getting rid of unwanted material. In particular the final deposition of solid waste by man.

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AREA: Any area used for the disposal of solid waste from more than one (1) residential premises, or one (1) or more commercial, industrial, manufacturing, recreational, or governmental operations.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: The entire process of managing solid waste in a manner which minimizes the generation and subsequent disposal of solid waste, including waste reduction, source separation, collection, storage, transportation, recycling, resource recovery, volume minimization, processing, market development, and disposal of solid wastes.

STORAGE: Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from the time of its production until the time of its collection.

TRANSPORTATION: The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection to processing to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste disposal area.

YARD WASTES: Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden vegetation and Christmas trees. The term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact root balls.