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 Woodside
 Municipal Code
 Title V. PUBLIC WORKS
 Chapter 50. GARBAGE
 Article I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 50.02. Definitions.  

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  • For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

    Garbage. All putrescible wastes, including kitchen and food wastes; animal or vegetable wastes resulting from storage, preparation, cooking, processing, or handling of food or food stuffs; non-putrescible wastes that are mixed in the same container with or are contaminated by putrescible wastes; infectious wastes, such as used tissues, which are normally produced at residential premises; small dead animals not exceeding ten pounds in weight; and any putrefactive or easily decomposable waste material which is likely to attract flies, vermin, birds or rodents. Garbage does not include materials that are separated and set aside for recycling, and does not include stable matter (manure and other waste matter normally accumulated in stables or on livestock or poultry enclosures) or hazardous material.

    Refuse. Any and all matter and materials which are rejected, abandoned, or discarded by the owner or producer thereof as offensive or useless and which, by their presence or accumulation, may injuriously affect the health, comfort, or safety of the community in any manner whatsoever.

    Scavenger. An agent or employee of the Town or any person, or the agents or employees thereof, with whom the Town shall have duly contracted to collect, receive, carry, and transport garbage, swill, refuse, and waste matter in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

    Swill. All putrefactive or easily decomposable animal or vegetable matter having a property value and attractive to flies and rodents.

    Waste matter. Any and all matter and materials, whether they be organic, inorganic, combustible, or noncombustible, which cannot be defined as refuse but which are rejected, abandoned, or discarded by the owner or producer thereof as useless or no longer desired by the owner or producer.

    Watercourse. Any natural or artificial drainage ditch, channel, stream, creek, or river which flows through, originates in, or terminates within the Town.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.02) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57; Am. Ord. 1963-130, effective - -63)