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Title 17, Chapter 1
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§ 17-101
Maryville
Title 17 : Refuse and Trash Disposal
Chapter 1 : Solid Waste And Refuse Collection

17-101 : Definitions.

  1. "Bulk container" means a "Class II" or "Class III" or "Class IV" container.
  2. "Bulk rubbish" means wooden and cardboard boxes, crates, furniture, bedding, and other refuse items which, by their size and shape, cannot be readily placed in city-approved containers.
  3. "Class I container" means a City of Maryville roll out container on wheels with a capacity of eighty to one hundred (80–100) gallons that is rolled to the street by the user to a point of collection designated by the city.
  4. "Class II container" means a dumpster container with a capacity of four (4) cubic yards that remains at the point of collection designated by the city.
  5. "Class III container" means a dumpster with the capacity of six (6) cubic yards that remains at the point of collection designated by the city.
  6. "Class IV container" means a dumpster with the capacity of eight (8) cubic yards that remains at the point of collection designated by the city.
  7. "Commercial establishment" means any business, industrial, institutional or agricultural establishment, office or professional building, shopping center, multiple business complex, commercial housing facility, church, hospital, club or other similar organization.
  8. "Commercial solid waste" means solid waste resulting from the operation of any commercial, industrial, institutional or agricultural establishment, office or professional building, shopping center, multiple business complex, commercial housing facility, church, club or other similar organizations.
  9. "Construction waste" means materials from construction, demolition, remodeling, construction site preparation, including, but not limited to, rocks, bricks, dirt, debris, fill, plaster, guttering, and all types of scrap materials.
  10. "EPW director" means the as engineering and public works director, or his/her designee.
  11. "Ferrous metals" means appliances (including, but not limited to, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, and air conditioners), metal roofing and siding, and other metal items.
  12. "Hazardous waste" as defined by the State of Tennessee.
  13. "Multi-family residential facility" means a structure or grouping of structures, apartment complex, or mobile home park which contains more than four (4) dwelling units.
  14. "Multiple business complex" means any group of more than one (1) business located on one (1) tract of property.
  15. "Refuse" means solid waste.
  16. "Residential garbage" means all household wastes, including, but not limited to, food waste, bottles, wastepaper, tin cans, clothing, mechanical parts, small dead animals, and rubbish, excluding tree limbs, shrubbery trimmings, leaves, construction waste, human or animal excreta or fecal matter, large dead animals, and "bulk rubbish," and garbage resulting from the operation and maintenance of dwelling units, excluding commercial housing facilities.
  17. "Service level" means the maximum number of times or frequency that containers are serviced.
  18. "Single-family residential facility" means a single structure containing four (4) dwelling units or less and not operated as a part of a commercial housing facility.
  19. "Solid waste" means unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semi-solid state, including, but not limited to, residential garbage, ashes, street refuse, rubbish, dead animals, animal and agricultural wastes, yard wastes, special wastes, industrial wastes, and demolition and construction wastes, excluding "bulk rubbish" and hazardous or infectious wastes.
  20. "Yard wastes" means grass clippings, leaves, tree and shrubbery trimmings, and other related yard waste materials. (1999 Code, § 17-101, modified)