§ 32-19. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Building material means be deemed to be all solid waste which is material resulting from the razing, repair, excavation or construction of buildings or structures; including but not limited to earth, plaster, mortar, roofing materials, wood, stone and brick.

Contractor means any contractor hired by the city to perform services.

Landfill means a disposal area that is a sanitary landfill.

Litter, as used herein, means all solid waste, rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris or other foreign substances of every kind and description.

Living unit means any single-family dwelling; each living unit of a multiple-dwelling housing not more than four families and any mobile home not located within a licensed mobile home park.

Recyclable material shall be defined as materials such as aluminum cans, tin/steel/bi-metal cans, newsprint, magazines, cardboard, and HDPE and PETE plastic beverage containers (#1 and #2).

Solid waste means garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, solid commercial and solid industrial waste, and animal waste other than organic waste generated in the production of livestock and poultry. The term "solid waste" does not include the following:

(1)

Human body waste.

(2)

Medical waste as it is defined in part 138 of the public health code, Public Act No. 368 of 1978 (MCL 333.13801 et seq.), and regulated under that part and part 55 (MCL 333.5501 et seq.).

(3)

Organic waste generated in the production of livestock and poultry.

(4)

Liquid waste.

(5)

Ferrous or nonferrous scrap directed to a scrap metal processor or to a reuser of ferrous or nonferrous products.

(6)

Slag or slag products directed to a slag processor or to a reuser of slag or slag products.

(7)

Sludges and ashes managed as recycled, or nondetrimental materials appropriate for agricultural or silvicultural use pursuant to a plan approved by the state department of environmental quality. Food processing residuals; wood ashes resulting solely from a source that burns only wood that is untreated and inert; lime from kraft pulping processes generated prior to bleaching; or aquatic plants may be applied on, or composted and applied on, farmland or forestland for an agricultural or silvicultural purpose, or used as animal feed, as appropriate, and such an application or use does not require a plan described in this subsection or a permit or license under part 115 (MCL 324.11501 et seq.). In addition, source separated materials approved by the state department of environmental quality for land application for agricultural and silvicultural purposes and compost produced from those materials may be applied to the land for agricultural and silvicultural purposes and such an application does not require a plan described in this subsection or permit or license under part 115 (MCL 324.11501 et seq.). Land application authorized under this subsection for an agricultural or silvicultural purpose, or use as animal feed, as provided for in this subsection shall occur in a manner that prevents losses from runoff and leaching, and if applied to land, the land application shall be at an agronomic rate consistent with generally accepted agricultural and management practices under the state right to farm act, Public Act No. 93 of 1981 (MCL 286.471 et seq.).

(8)

Materials approved for emergency disposal by the state department of environmental quality.

(9)

Source separated materials.

(10)

Site separated material.

(11)

Fly ash or any other ash produced from the combustion of coal, when used in the following instances:

a.

With a maximum of six percent of unburned carbon as a component of concrete, grout, mortar, or casting molds.

b.

With a maximum of 12 percent unburned carbon passing state department of transportation test method MTM 101 when used as a raw material in asphalt for road construction.

c.

As aggregate, road, or building material which in ultimate use will be stabilized or bonded by cement, limes, or asphalt.

d.

As a road base or construction fill that is covered with asphalt, concrete, or other material approved by the state department of environmental quality and which is placed at least four feet above the seasonal groundwater table.

e.

As the sole material in a depository designed to reclaim, develop, or otherwise enhance land, subject to the approval of the state department of environmental quality. In evaluating the site, the department shall consider the physical and chemical properties of the ash including leachability, and the engineering of the depository, including, but not limited to, the compaction, control of surface water and groundwater that may threaten to infiltrate the site, and evidence that the depository is designed to prevent water percolation through the material.

(12)

Other wastes regulated by statute.

(13)

Recyclable material.

Yard clippings means leaves, grass clippings, vegetable or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree trimmings, less than four feet in length and two inches in diameter, that can be converted to compost humus. The term "yard clippings" does not include stumps, agricultural wastes, animal waste, roots, sewage sludge, or garbage.

(Prior Code, § 2.1; Ord. No. 92-08, 4-20-1992; Ord. No. 2013-10, § 3, 9-16-2013)