“Ashes” means residue from fires.

“Bulk Item” means appliances that do not contain CFC’s or freon, carpeting, furniture, other household items, and other items of such volume and size as to be too large for collection by a residential collection vehicle.

“City” means the City of Olathe, Kansas.

“City Manager” means the City Manager of the City of Olathe, Kansas.

“Commercial” means any company, corporation, business, firm, association, sole proprietorship, partnership, municipality, political subdivision, or government entity that is billed for solid waste collection on one (1) account.

“Computer recycling” means the recycling of computers (e.g., central processing units, laptops and notebooks), monitors, printers, scanners and associated peripherals (e.g., keyboards, cords, speakers, mice, etc.).

“Container” means any plastic or paper bag, can, cart, bin, dumpster, unit or other similar device used for storage and/or collection of solid waste.

“Customer” means a person, firm, or corporation utilizing the City’s solid waste service.

“Electronic recycling” means the recycling of electronic articles (e.g., televisions, cell phones, telephones and battery packs).

“Garbage” means waste from the preparation, cooking and consumption of food; market refuse, waste from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

“Hazardous waste” means any waste that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infection characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or which poses a substantial presence or potential hazard to human health, wildlife or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, dispersed of or otherwise managed.

“Litter” means garbage, refuse and rubbish and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.

“Multi-Family Residential” means any apartment, mobile home park or condominium complex regardless of whether each unit is served by an individual water meter and/or is platted or re-platted for individual ownership, and billed for solid waste collection on one (1) account.

“Person” means an individual, partnership, firm, trust, company, association, corporation, individual or individuals having controlling or majority interest in a corporation, institution, political subdivision, state agency or federal department or agency. The term also means the occupant or the owner, or both, of the premises for which services mentioned in this chapter is rendered.

“Private Property” means all property, including, but not limited to, vacant land or any land, building or other structure designed or used for residential, commercial business, industrial, institutional or religious purposes, together with any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, fence, porch, steps, vestibule, mailbox or other structure appurtenant thereto.

“Public Place” means all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways, all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds, buildings and lakes.

“Recyclables” means any scrap materials that can be used as a replacement for virgin material in manufacturing, including, but not limited to, ferrous metals, scrap paper products, scrap plastics and nonferrous metals.

“Residential” means a building, part of a building, or structure that is designed for occupancy by one (1) family.

“Residential Development” means the construction of any new residential dwelling or dwellings on any property.

“Solid Waste” means garbage, trash and other discarded materials, including, but not limited to, solid, semisolid, sludges, or other waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural and domestic activities.

“Solid Waste Connection Fee” means the fee paid by new residential development to cover the cost of connecting the dwelling to the solid waste system through the purchase of a collection cart and payment of the pro-rata share of the cost of equipment necessary to collect solid waste from the residential customer.

“Tree and Brush Pruning Waste” means waste resulting from the pruning of brush and trees or from the cleanup of tree damage after wind storms.

“Yard Waste” means plant material (leaves, grass clippings, flowers, roots, etc.), organic debris commonly thrown away while maintaining yards and gardens, including sod, and other biodegradable organic material. Yard waste excludes food waste, plastic and synthetic fibers, lumber, wood or tree limbs and soil contaminated with hazardous waste. (Ord. 21-43 § 2, 2021; Ord. 09-42 § 1, 2009; Ord. 08-84 § 1, 2008; Ord. 07-133 § 1, 2007; Ord. 06-108 § 1, 2006; Ord. 04-16 § 1, 2004; Ord. 03-72 § 1, 2003; Ord. 94-87 § 2, 1994.)