§ 15-2. Definitions.  


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  • As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

    Brush means tree limbs and other cuttings from branches of trees and shrubs.

    Commercial means any premises that are used for income producing purposes, including apartments larger than 4-plexes, except that boarding houses or rooming houses, which shall be considered to be a group of residential units. All premises that contain greater than four units of residential habitation under one (1) common roof shall be considered "commercial" for the purposes of this chapter. A 4-plex that is part of an associated series of buildings shall be considered "commercial" for the purposes of this chapter if the premises are controlled by a homeowner's or condominium association and that association pays one water bill for all residents of the condominiums.

    Director of municipal utilities or director of public works shall be known as director of public infrastructure, or his or her designee.

    Edible means edible to either humans or animals.

    Garbage means every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter attending the preparation, use, cooking and dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruit, vegetables or grains and may also include wastepaper and other miscellaneous household rubbish.

    Manufacturing plant means a business which produces products from raw materials by mechanization through division of labor.

    Private residential recycling hauler means an individual or company that collects recyclable materials from a residential customer.

    Processing plant means any establishment which by various processes transforms meat, fish or poultry from its natural state into a substance which is edible with no or a minor amount of preparation such as cooking.

    Receptacles means automated collection carts that are issued by the city for the placement of appropriate garbage and trash.

    Recyclable materials means useful materials that are extracted at the source prior to being discarded into the garbage, trash or other waste stream to be eventually reused, reprocessed, or reconditioned into a new use or function.

    Recycling center means the City of Galveston's recycling center.

    Refuse means garbage or trash or any combination thereof.

    Residential means all noncommercial premises, including 4-plexes, except as provided in the definition of "commercial."

    Temporary container means a refuse container used for short term disposal of waste materials which is not limited to; but includes, roll offs, dump trucks and temporary dumpsters.

    Temporary hauler means a person, individual or company that collects, removes and disposes of solid waste materials of another person or solid waste materials generated by the person, individual or company using a temporary container. Temporary hauler shall not include a residential customer and as provided in section 15-106, "Temporary hauler permit not required".

    Trash means paper of all kinds, rags, old clothing, paper and cardboard containers, old rubber, small pieces of wood, boxes, barrels, crates, weeds, grass, twigs (but not brush), leaves and other similar type materials the collection of which is not prescribed by this Code.

(Code 1960, § 10-2; Ord. No. 97-58, § 2, 7-24-97; Ord. No. 06-040, § 3, 5-11-06; Ord. No. 07-032, § 2, 4-26-07; Ord. No. 16-009, § 2, 1-28-16 )