For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BULK ITEMS. All appliances, furniture, mattresses, and children’s play equipment that will not fit into the disposal unit and requires a special pick-up.
CITY. The City of Valparaiso.
CONTRACTORS. Any paid business or individual, or any business or individual that as part of their craft or employment performs work on any property within the city.
CURBSIDE. Adjacent to the street pavement, alley pavement and gutter, within three feet thereof. The Public Works Director, as required to provide quality service, shall define CURBSIDE.
DISPOSAL UNIT. The wheeled container(s) selected and approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety for the purpose of disposing of refuse.
DUMPSTERS. Any container larger than 96 gallons used for the collection of any and all types of refuse.
HOUSEHOLD CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS. Waste materials from do it yourselfers, interior and exterior household construction, remodeling and repair projects, including, but not limited to, drywall, plywood and paneling pieces, lumber and other building materials; windows and doors; cabinets; carpeting; disassembled bathroom and kitchen fixtures.
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS. Any and all structures or complexes with more than four apartments, condos, town homes, and the like.
(1) A RESIDENTIALPATRON is any person residing in the city corporate limits. A RESIDENTIAL PATRON shall receive full services as defined in this chapter.
(2) A BUSINESS PATRON is an firm or corporation, producing any type of waste material covered by the regulations of this chapter. BUSINESS PATRONS are required to enter into a contract for services with a private trash hauler or with the city as defined in this chapter.
(3) In the case of a business, PATRON is construed to mean the principal agent, office, or employee responsible for the firm or corporation.
(1) The terms GARBAGE, REFUSE, RUBBISH, SOLID WASTE, TRASH and WASTE shall be synonymous, unless more specifically defined.
(2) All discarded and unwanted household and kitchen wastes, including, but not limited to, food, food residues, and materials necessarily used for packaging, storing, preparing, and consuming the same, usually defined as garbage, and all waste materials resulting from the usual routine or domestic housekeeping, including, but not limited to, aluminum and steel cans; glass containers; plastic containers; crockery and other containers; metal; paper of all types, including newspapers, books, magazines and catalogs; boxes and cartons; cold ashes; furnishings and fixtures; textiles and leather; toys and recreational equipment; and similar items.
(3) All non-putrescible solid and semisolid items of waste, including bulky refuse except for the following:
(b) Liquid or water carried wastes which are normally disposed of in sanitary sewer systems; hazardous waste;
(c) Human waste, except for disposable diapers;
(d) Large animal and farm animal waste;
RECYCLABLES or RECYCLABLE MATERIAL(S). At a minimum, newsprint (ONP); empty and clean: aluminum cans; steel cans (tin and bi-metal); aerosol cans; paint cans; oversized cans; glass bottles and jars (clear, flint, amber and green); all PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic containers; all HDPE (high density polyethylene) plastic containers (thoroughly cleaned oil containers); LDPE (plastic beverage rings and carriers); all chipboard (boxboard); all corrugated cardboard (OCC and craft paper); coated paper (magazines and catalogs); mixed paper (white ledger, color ledger, computer paper, phone books and junk mail).
YARD WASTE. Leaves, limbs, sticks, and other vegetative matter, plants or trees with the exception of grass clippings.
(‘89 Code, § 70.01) (Am. Ord. 21-2005, passed 4-25-05; Am. Ord. 21-2012, passed 8-27-12)
