§ 20-1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:

Aircraft: Any contrivance used or designated for navigation or for flight in the air. The term shall include helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.

Authorized private receptacle: A litter storage and collection receptacle as required and authorized in chapter 15 of this Code.

Garbage: Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

Litter: Garbage, refuse and rubbish, human food/animal food and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.

Park: A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the city, owned or used by the city and devoted to active or passive recreation.

Private premises: Any dwelling, house, building or other structure, designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.

Public place: Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.

Refuse: All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.

Rubbish: Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.

Vehicle: Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(Code 1960, § 10-37; Ord. No. 15-022, § 1, 3-26-15 )