Legal Documents of Jefferson City

The following terms shall have the meanings indicated for the purposes of this chapter:

1. "Refuse." The term "refuse" shall include garbage, rubbish, ashes, and all other putrescible and non-putrescible, combustible and non-combustible materials originating from the preparation, cooking, and consumption of food; market refuse; waste from the handling and sale of produce; and other similar unwanted materials; but shall not include sewage, body waste, or recognizable industrial by-products from all residences and establishments, public and private.
2. "Garbage." The term "garbage" shall include all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body waste, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals but excluding recognizable industrial by-products from all public and private residences and establishments.
3. "Rubbish." The term "rubbish" shall include all non-putrescible waste materials except ashes from all public and private residences and establishments.
4. "Ashes." The term "ashes" shall include the waste products from coal, wood, and other fuels used for cooking and heating from all public and private residences and establishments.
5. "Collector." The term "collector" shall mean any person, firm, or corporation that collects, transports, or disposes of any refuse within the corporate limits of the City of Jefferson City.
6. "Health officer." The term "health officer" shall mean the city manager or his representative. (1996 Code, § 8-402)