[R.O. 2014 §230.010]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
BULKY RUBBISH Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or non-combustible waste materials from 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 transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors with the equipment available therefor.
CITY The City of Marshfield, Missouri.
COLLECTION Removal of solid waste from its place of storage to the transportation vehicle.
CONTRACTOR Such person, firm or corporation as may be contracted with to provide solid waste transportation and disposal for the City.
CURBSIDE A location adjacent to and not more than five (5) feet from any street.
DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of twenty (20) to thirty-nine (39) gallons or, if specifically designated for storage of solid waste, a maximum of fifty-five (55) gallons.
DWELLING UNIT Any room or group of rooms located within a structure and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. Units of multiple-housing facilities may be billed as dwelling units upon request by the owner of said dwelling units.
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.
MAJOR APPLIANCES Clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, trash compactors, dishwashers, microwave ovens, conventional ovens, ranges, stoves, wood stoves, air-conditioners, refrigerators and freezers.
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 a tenant.
PERSON Any natural individual, firm, partnership, trust, association or corporation. As applied to partnerships or associations, the word includes the partners or members thereof; and as applied to corporations, it includes the officers, agents or employees thereof who are responsible for the act referred to.
PROCESSING Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified or solid waste quantity is reduced.
PROHIBITED ITEMS Items which are eliminated by State law from being disposed of in a solid waste disposal area including, but not limited to, major appliances, waste oil, lead acid batteries, waste tires and the like as the same may be now or hereafter defined by State law.
SOLID WASTE Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials including, but not limited to, solid and semi-solid 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, overburden, rock, tailings, matte, slag or other waste material resulting from mining, milling or smelting. Solid waste does not include "Yard Waste" as defined herein.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER 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 waste by man.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation, processing and disposal.
STORAGE Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from time of its production until the time of its collection.
TRANSPORTATION The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection or processing to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste disposal area.
YARD WASTES Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden vegetation and Christmas trees. The term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact root balls.
[R.O. 2014 §230.090]
The Board may require performance or payment bonds of any solid waste collection agency prior to issuing permits to so operate.