5.40.020 Definitions.
Words used in this Chapter shall have their normal and customary meaning, unless specifically defined otherwise. The following words and terms used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings unless when used the context thereof clearly indicates to the contrary.
(1) “Ashes” means the residue including any air pollution flue dusts from combustion or incineration of material including solid wastes.
(2) “Collect, collected, collection” means in its various tenses the gathering of solid waste on a premises and placing it in a solid waste container for removal and disposal by a solid waste collector.
(3) “Dangerous wastes” means any solid waste designated as dangerous waste by the state department of ecology under Chapter 173-303 WAC or also known as hazardous waste under Chapter 70.105 RCW as now existing and in accordance with any amendments that may hereafter be made thereto.
(4) “Demolition waste” means solid waste, largely inert waste, resulting from the demolition or razing of buildings, roads, and other man-made structures. Demolition waste consists of, but is not limited to, concrete, brick, bituminous concrete, wood and masonry, composition roofing and roofing paper, steel, and minor amounts of other metals like copper. Plaster (i.e., sheet rock or plaster board) or any other material, other than wood, that is likely to produce gases or a leachate during the decomposition process and asbestos wastes are not considered to be demolition waste for the purposes of this Chapter.
(5) “Disposal facility” means a sanitary landfill, transfer station, drop box, or other place for solid waste disposal approved by the state of Washington or the city for the disposal of the particular type of solid waste being disposed of.
(6) “Dumpster” means a solid waste container that is normally dumped with the aid of mechanical assistance.
(7) “Enforcement officer” means a person appointed by the mayor to enforce the provisions of this Chapter who is not an officer of the police department.
(8) “Garbage” means unwanted animal and vegetable wastes and animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, swill, and carcasses of dead animals, and of such a character and proportion as to be capable of attracting or providing food for vectors.
(9) “High-density residence” means any residence on a premises that is occupied by five or more residences, or any residence on a premises that is occupied by two, three, or four residences and which utilizes dumpster service as opposed to garbage can service for collection of solid waste; or a fraternity or sorority house.
(10) “Industrial solid wastes” means waste by-products from manufacturing operations such as scraps, trimmings, packing, and other discarded materials not otherwise designated as dangerous waste under Chapter 173-303 WAC as now existing and in accordance with any amendments that may hereafter be made thereto.
(11) “Inert wastes” means noncombustible, nondangerous solid wastes that are likely to retain their physical and chemical structure under expected conditions of disposal, including resistance to biological attack and chemical attack from acidic rainwater.
(12) “Low-density residence” means any single family residence; or any residence on a premises that contains two, three, or four residences and which utilizes garbage can service as opposed to dumpster service for collection of solid waste.
(13) “Owner” means the person or persons named on the vesting deed to the premises if there is no purchaser. If there is a purchaser or purchasers of the premises, then the owner is the purchaser or purchasers.
(14) “Person” means any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, group, or institution.
(15) “Person in charge of a premises” means in the case of
(a) a commercial, industrial, or recreational premise the owner of that premises if the premises is unoccupied or if the owner occupies that premises. If the owner does not occupy that premises, then the term “person in charge of a premises” means the occupant of that premises.
(b) a residential premises the owner of that premises if the premises is unoccupied or if the owner occupies that premises. If the owner does not occupy that premises then the term “person in charge of a premises” means the person managing that premises for the owner; but if there is no manager then the term “person in charge of a premises” means the occupant of that premises.
(c) manufactured home parks is the owner of the manufactured home park unless there is a manager of the manufactured home park in which case it is the manager.
(d) multi-person dwelling units and group-living units the person to whom the occupants of that premises pay or should pay the rent.
(16) “Premises” means any building, structure, area, or other site generating or accumulating solid waste, and this meaning shall be given its broadest interpretation.
“Premises” in the case of units in a duplex, triplex, or quadplex means any dwelling unit therein, appurtenances thereto, grounds, and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally and any other area or facility which is held out for use by the tenant.
(17) “Problem wastes” means:
(a) Soils removed during the cleanup of a remedial action site, or a dangerous waste site closure or other cleanup efforts and actions and which contain harmful substances but are not designated dangerous wastes, or
(b) dredge spoils resulting from the dredging of surface waters of the state where contaminants are present in the dredge spoils at concentrations not suitable for open water disposal and the dredge spoils are not dangerous wastes and are not regulated by section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act (PL 95-217) as now existing and in accordance with any amendments that may hereafter be made thereto.
(18) “Putrescible waste” means solid waste which contains material capable of being decomposed by micro-organisms.
(19) “Septage” means a semisolid consisting of settled sewage solids combined with varying amounts of water and dissolved materials generated from a septic tank system.
(20) “Solid waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, industrial solid wastes, swill, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, and discarded commodities. This includes all liquid, solid and semisolid, materials which are not the primary products of public, private, industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations. Solid waste includes but is not limited to sludge from wastewater treatment plants and septage, from septic tanks, woodwaste, dangerous waste, and problem wastes.
(21) “Solid waste collector” means any person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 6.10 to remove, transport, and dispose of solid waste from a premises.
(22) “Solid waste container” means a container that is commonly referred to as a garbage can, trash can, and the like which meets the criteria set forth in Section 5.40.050, and dumpsters and self-contained, liquid-tight compacting solid waste containers.
(23) “Sludge” means a semisolid substance consisting of settled sewage solids combined with varying amounts of water and dissolved materials generated from a wastewater treatment plant or other source.
(24) “Vector” means a living animal, insect, or other arthropod which transmits an infectious disease from one organism to another.
(25) “Waste recycling” means reusing waste materials and extracting valuable materials from a waste stream.
(26) “Woodwaste” means solid waste consisting of wood pieces or particles generated as a by-product or waste from the manufacturing of wood products, handling and storage of raw materials and trees and stumps.
(27) “Yard waste” means trees, limbs, stumps, grass trimmings, sod, dirt, tree and bush prunings, and other types of solid waste generally associated with yard clean-up or maintenance. (Ord. 96-21 §1, 1996; Ord. 96-10 §1, 1996; Ord. 95-21 §1, 1995; Ord. 93-18 §1, 1993; Ord. 90-13 §2, 1990).