§ 82-31. 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:

Approved receptacle means any receptacle approved by the solid waste superintendent or his duly authorized representative.

Commercial container means a manufactured container suitable for storage of waste generated by commercial establishments and adaptable to emptying by city sanitation equipment and approved by the solid waste superintendent as set forth in this article.

Commercial establishment means any hotel, motel, apartment house, roominghouse, boardinghouse, any building designed for or occupied by two or more families, mobile home park, industry, public or semipublic establishment of any nature or kind or multiple dwellings shall be designated a commercial establishment and shall be billed at the commercial rate. The owner of any multiple dwellings or mobile home park shall provide commercial containers approved by the solid waste superintendent and shall be billed according to the commercial and industrial service rate in section 82-41. The owner of any mobile home park or multiple dwellings shall have the option to elect to have each individual dwelling billed as a residential unit, under section 82-41 instead of at the commercial rate.

Customer means any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or managing any premises within the city, or a subscriber to city sanitation services outside the corporate limits.

E-waste means electronic waste including, but not limited to, microwaves, computers, monitors, televisions, VCRs, stereos, copiers, printers, and fax machines.

Garbage means putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the preparation, cooking and serving of food. All normal putrescible household waste will be considered garbage.

Multiple dwellings means buildings designed for or occupied exclusively by two or more families.

Nonprocess waste means materials such as furniture, appliances, large scraps and wires, automobile parts and bodies, wooden crates, boxes or pallets, logs over four inches in diameter and other similar material or construction debris which are unacceptable for normal sanitation pickup service.

Owner means any person owning any real property within the city.

Recycling means any solid waste the city collects in its recycling program including, but not limited to cardboard, paper, glass, plastic, scrap metal, aluminum, tin/steel cans, and e-waste.

Refuse means garbage and trash collectively.

Refuse storage container means a city-issued 64-gallon or 96-gallon roll-cart with city logo to be used for trash bag storage and collection.

Residential unit means any structure or shelter or its parts used or constructed for use as a residence for one family.

Solid waste superintendent means the individual hired by the public service manager with approval of the city administrator to oversee the daily operation of the city sanitation system.

Solid waste means garbage, recycling, trash and nonprocess waste, collectively.

Solid waste management system means all of the functions and components of the city's solid waste facilities, including the collection system and disposal facilities.

Transfer station means the city's disposal station located at 1108 E. Ashley, Siloam Springs, AR.

Trash means nonputrescible solid waste consisting of combustible and noncombustible material such as, but not limited to, wood, construction debris, non-recyclable containers resulting from the storage and sale of food such as plastic containers and wrappers, household garbage, and similar materials.

Trash bag means a durable watertight plastic bag with a wall thickness equal to or greater than 1½ mil plastic with a capacity between 13 and 35 gallons or an equivalent waterproof bag of another material.

Yard waste means yard clippings, leaves, tree limbs, and brush.

(Code 1978, § 5.28.01; Ord. No. 15-19, § I, 8-18-2015)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.