§ 14-1. Definitions.

The following words and phrases shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

City. City employees, or the city's contracted or authorized agent.

Construction wastes. Discarded materials incident to and resulting from construction or repair of buildings and the clearing of land for new construction, i.e., but not limited to, rock, brick, metal, wood, glass, trees, brush and vegetation, when such materials are in greater quantity than can be placed in one (1) container.

Class I nonhazardous solid waste. Any industrial solid waste designated as class I by the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) as any industrial solid waste or mixture of industrial solid wastes which because of its concentration or physical or chemical characteristics are toxic, corrosive, flammable, a strong sensitizer or irritant, a generator of sudden pressure by decomposition, heat, or other means and/or may pose a substantial present or potential danger to human health or the environment when improperly processed, stored, transported, or otherwise managed, including hazardous industrial wastes.

Garbage. All putrescent wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including discarded particles of food, meat, vegetable and animal offal, kitchen wastes in general, tin cans, bottles, paper and other containers, paper or any other materials that contain or have attached thereto any residue of milk, soft drinks, food or other putrescent wastes, but excluding industrial wastes and by-products.

Hazardous wastes. Any solid waste identified or listed as a hazardous waste by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., as amended.

Industrial wastes. The wastes and by-products of manufacturing and processing establishments.

Recycled materials or recyclables. Materials such as newspaper, magazines, plastics (#1, #2, and #3), cans (aluminum and tins), glass (all colors of bottles and jars), and office paper, or any other materials that can be recovered for processing or reuse.

Refuse. All other wastes, such as tin cans, metal, stone, brick, wood, glass bottles, paper, cordage, ashes, household rubbish, tree limbs, brush, leaves, lawn trimmings, weeds, flowers, other vegetation and any other non-classified trash or discarded materials.

Rubbish. Same as refuse.

Solid waste. Any garbage, rubbish, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, municipal, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community and institutional activities.

Special waste. Any solid waste or combination of solid waste that because of its quantity, concentration, physical or chemical characteristics or biological properties require special handling and disposal to protect the human health or the environment. If improperly handled, transported, stored, processed or disposed of or otherwise managed, that may pose a present or potential danger to the human health or the environment.

Yard waste. Waste from or associated with grass, weeds, trees, bushes, brush, leaves, lawn trimmings and any other material that is considered as vegetation. (This does not include processed wood products.)

(Ord. No. 2487, 9-15-08)