§ 6-2. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words and their deviations shall have the following meanings as prescribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Acceptable solid waste (waste) shall mean unwanted or discarded materials, garbage and refuse that the city is permitted by the state to collect and transported from the city to a resource recovery combustion facility, transfer station or landfill that are licensed to accept municipal solid waste but shall not include recyclable materials, bulky waste, or hazardous waste.

Bulky solid waste shall mean solid waste comprised of demolition materials of any nature obtained from the destruction or demolition of a building or other structure; or, land clearing debris including natural materials such as stumps, logs, wood, tree limbs, branches, and waste resulting directly from other demolition activities. Also included shall be "white goods" and other unwanted or discarded materials which in the judgment of the city cannot be disposed of or processed by the designated facility.

City shall mean the City of Shelton.

Collection cart shall mean the wheeled container approved by the city for residential collection of waste and recycling.

Commercial refuse shall include waste from the preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, condemned food products and all refuse from the handling, storage, preparation and sale of produce originating primarily in commercial kitchens, stores, restaurants, food markets and factories, but shall exclude refuse generated by residential dwelling units and bulky solid waste or hazardous waste.

Director shall mean the director of public works of the City of Shelton.

Disposal charge shall be that amount of money to be charged for each ton of processible solid waste delivered to the designated facility and the procedures established by the city.

Dwelling unit (residential unit) shall mean any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, arranged or designed to be occupied for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.

Facility shall mean a processing facility as designated by the city and permitted to receive acceptable waste and recycling materials for processing.

Hazardous wastes shall mean solid and liquid wastes in the following classifications:

(1)

Explosives.

(2)

Pathogenic or medical pathological waste.

(3)

Radioactive wastes.

(4)

Cleaning fluids, acids, poisons or other chemical wastes which either create an immediate safety hazard to persons disposing of the waste or which by virtue of their chemistry and/or the method of disposal present a threat to the quality of ground or surface waters.

Hazardous waste shall include, but not be limited to, pathological, biological, cesspool or other human waste, human and animal remains, radioactive, toxic or other types of waste which according to federal, state or local rules or regulation from time to time in effect require special handling in their collection, treatment or disposal, including those regulated under 42 U.S.C. Sections 6921-6925 and regulations thereunder adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901, such as cleaning fluids, crank-case oils, cutting oils, paints, acids, caustics, poisons, drugs, fine powdery earth used to filter cleaning fluid and refuse of a similar nature.

Health authority shall mean the Valley Health District, the legally designated health authority of the city.

Household garbage shall include waste from preparation, cooking and consumption of products used primarily in private homes.

Industrial refuse shall include putrescible and nonputrescible matter from the manufacturer, fabrication or processing of any product.

Municipal contract shall mean the municipal solid waste management services contract between this municipality and one (1) or more processing facilities.

Municipality shall mean the City of Shelton.

Private dwellings shall mean all one-family and multifamily units to a maximum of six (6) units in any building or complex, or multifamily dwelling which received city collection of residential waste and recyclable materials on or before July 1, 2012, and shall include all residential condominiums as the term is defined by the Condominium Act of the General Statutes, all mobile home parks, and homes on commonly owned roads. It shall not include apartment buildings or complexes larger than six (6) units or cooperative housing ownership.

Processible solid waste shall mean that refuse acceptable to the facility pursuant to the municipal agreement.

Refuse shall mean all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes including household garbage, rubbish, ashes, bulky wastes and solid commercial and industrial refuse. It shall not include hazardous wastes.

Refuse collectors shall include any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of collecting and transporting commercial, household or industrial refuse for hire within this municipality.

Rubbish shall mean waste materials from normal household or living conditions, other than "household garbage" and includes garden, lawn, tree trimmings and leaves. It shall not include factory wastes or refuse from industrial plants. In general; the kinds of materials classed as "rubbish", are such as, rags, worn out clothing or furniture, excelsior and the like.

Transfer station shall mean that facility located on Route 110, Shelton, Connecticut.

Yard waste shall mean grass clippings, leaves, brush, branches from pruning and other organic material as may be generated through land maintenance activities, but not including tree stumps.

(Ord. No. 866, 8-9-12)