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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Director - Director of the Department of Public Works or anyone authorized to act for the <br />Director. <br /> <br />Disposal Site - A refuse depository, including but not limited to sanitary landfills, transfer <br />stations, incinerators, and waste processing/separation centers licensed, permitted or <br />approved by all governmental bodies and agencies having jurisdiction and requiring such <br />licenses, permits or approvals to receive for processing or final disposal of refuse or dead <br />animals. <br /> <br />Dwelling Unit - Any group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable <br />unit with facilities which are used, or are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking <br />and eating. <br /> <br />Garbage - Decayable refuse, including dead animals of less than 10 Ibs. in weight, except <br />those slaughtered for human consumption; every accumulation of waste (animal, vegetable <br />and/or other matter) that results from the preparation, processing, consumption, dealing <br />in, handling, packing, canning, storage, transportation, decay or decomposition of meats, <br />fish, fowl, fruits, grains or other animal or vegetable matter (including, but not by way of <br />limitation, used tin cans and other food containers; and all putrescible or easily <br />decomposable waste animal or vegetable matter which is likely to attract flies or rodents); <br />except (in all cases) any matter included in the definitions of Bulky Waste, Construction <br />Debris, Dead Animals, Hazardous Waste, Rubbish or Stable Matter. <br /> <br />Hazardous Waste - Waste in any amount, which is defined, characterized or designated <br />as hazardous by the United State Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate State <br />agency by or pursuant to Federal or State law. <br /> <br />Permanent Activities - City sponsored activities such as fairs, special gatherings, rallies, <br />and parades which occur at infrequent intervals. <br /> <br />Producer - An occupant of a Commercial or Industrial Unit or a Residential Unit who <br />generates refuse. <br /> <br />Recyclable Materials - Those items or classes of Items within the residential and <br />commercial solid waste stream which can be processed and reused in some significant <br />way. Those recyclable items identified for collection by the Director are subject to change <br />with mutual written consent by the Director and BFI, with notice to the City Council. <br /> <br />Recycling Bin - A plastic bin approximately 14 inches high, 16 inches wide, and 23 inches <br />long (a capacity of approximately 18 gallons) furnished by BFI to each residential unit for <br />use in the collection of recyclable materials. <br /> <br />Refuse - Residential refuse, bulky waste, construction debris and stable matter generated <br />at a residential unit, and commercial and industrial refuse. <br /> <br />3 <br />