§ 7-21. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as follows:

Bulk container means a waterproof metal container of not less than four (4) cubic yards designed for solid waste storage and to be lifted and emptied by mechanical means into a solid waste transportation vehicle.

Bulky wastes means large items of solid waste such as furniture and appliances, including stoves, refrigerators and water heaters and other items of like nature.

City means the City of Kannapolis, North Carolina.

City manager means the city manager of the city or his designated agent.

Commercial facility means any business establishment including by way of example but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, hotels, motels, shopping centers, theatres, multi-family residential facilities. Home offices are not commercial facilities.

Commercial solid waste means solid waste resulting from the operation of a commercial, industrial, institutional, agricultural, or multi-family residential facility.

Dwelling unit, for the purpose of this chapter, unless otherwise stated by specific reference, shall mean one (1) occupied free-standing single-family dwelling and each single-family dwelling unit located in a duplex, triplex, multiplex having less than six (6) single-family dwellings, group home, townhouse, patio home, condominium, or cluster home. A dwelling unit shall be deemed occupied when either water or electric services are being provided to it.

Garbage means all decomposable wastes, including animal and vegetable matter, animal parts and carcasses, but excluding sewage and human wastes.

Hazardous waste means waste or a combination of wastes in any form which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious 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 present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of or otherwise managed.

Health director means the chief administrative official of the county health department or his authorized representative.

Industrial waste means sawdust, shavings, feathers, cartons, boxes, glass, paper, wood, textiles, chemicals, plastic or other waste materials from processing plants, factories or manufacturing operations.

Institutional facility means any establishment engaged in public service, including by way of example but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, churches, schools and colleges.

Medical waste means waste generated in connection with the testing, treatment or care of medical patients, who have or may have communicable diseases, such as bedding or clothes, used instruments or utensils, pathological specimens or other similar material.

Multi-family residential facility means a community of six (6) or more dwelling units constructed as one (1) or more common units and designated as one (1) tax parcel, such as an apartment building, public housing or mobile home park. Provided, however, duplexes, triplexes and multiplexes having less than six (6) dwelling units, townhouses, patio homes and condominiums are not considered multi-family residential facilities.

Occupant means any person who, alone or jointly with others, is in actual possession of any dwelling unit or of any other improved real property, either as owner or as a tenant.

Person means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, governmental unit or agency, or other legal entity.

Public works department means the public works department of the city.

Radioactive waste means any waste which emits ionizing radiation spontaneously.

Regulations means rules and procedures prescribed by the city council or city manager concerning the storage, collection, transportation and disposal of solid wastes.

Residential solid waste means solid waste resulting from the maintenance and operation of dwelling units.

Solid waste means unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semi-solid state including, but not limited to, garbage, ashes, refuse, rubbish, animal and agricultural waste, yard waste.

Solid waste collector means an employee of the city, or a solid waste collection agency operating under a contract with the city, who collects or transports solid waste.

Solid waste container means a receptacle, including a bulk container, used by any person to store solid waste for collection by the city or an authorized waste collection agency.

Storage means keeping or maintaining solid waste from the time of its production until the time of its collection.

Transportation means the transporting of solid waste from the place of collection to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste disposal area.

Yard waste means grass clippings, leaves, tree trimmings, shrubbery trimmings and other yard maintenance waste.

(Ord. of 7-28-86, Art. I, § 1; Ord. of 11-26-90; Ord. of 7-26-99, § 1; Ord. No. 2014-12 , §§ 1—3, 4-28-14)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2; definitions relative to housing regulations, § 8-2; definitions relative to motor vehicles and traffic regulations, § 10-3; definitions relative to water and sewers regulations, §§ 17-1, 17-71.