Glasgow Definitions ordinance (§ 230.010)

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

APPROVED INCINERATOR: An incinerator which complies with all current regulations of the Missouri Air Conservation Commission.

BULKY RUBBISH: Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or non-combustible waste materials for 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 collection vehicles by solid waste collectors, with the equipment available therefor.

CITY: The City of Glasgow, Missouri.

COLLECTION: Removal and transportation of solid waste from its place of storage to its place of processing or disposal.

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 Section 260.200, RSMo.

CONTRACTOR: The person, persons, partnership, corporations, County or other City or a combination thereof with which the City of Glasgow hereafter provides for collection service. DIRECTOR

The director of the Solid Waste Management Program of the City who shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen or his/her authorized representative.

DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER: A disposable plastic or paper sack 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 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 WASTES: Any waste or combination of wastes, as determined by the Hazardous Waste Management 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 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 semisolid 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 does not include "yard waste" as defined herein.

SOLID WASTE CONTAINER: A 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 disposition of solid wastes by man.

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

The keeping, maintaining, or storing solid waste from the time of its production until the time of its collection.

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