“Blight or blighted” means unsightly conditions including accumulation of debris; fences characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling or rusting; landscaping that is dead, characterized by bare dirt areas, uncontrolled growth or lack of maintenance, or is damaged; any other similar conditions of disrepair and deterioration; and the exterior visible use or display of tarps, plastic sheeting, or other similar materials as flexible or inflexible screening, fencing, or wall covering upon a residential lot; regardless of the condition of other properties in the neighborhood.

“Business establishment” means any structure or premises not used as a private premises, including retail, wholesale, warehouse, store, factory, production, processing, manufacturing, restaurant, construction, service, hospitals, governmental entities, public authorities (schools), or office uses.

“Commercial or industrial refuse” means any refuse generated by a business establishment.

“Commercial or industrial solid waste management services” means the collection, storage, processing, transportation, treatment, reclamation, or disposal of commercial or industrial refuse.

“Container” means 60-, 90-, 300- and 440-gallon plastic barrels; 2-, 3-, 4-, 6-, and 8-cubic-yard metal bins; 20-, 30-, and 40-cubic-yard roll-off containers (approximate sizes); and compactors and other containers approved by the city.

“Dangerous or hazardous waste” means any solid waste that can cause damage or injury to property or persons and is hazardous by reason of its pathological, explosive, flammable, radiological, or toxic nature, including, but not limited to, all wastes defined by the provisions of A.R.S. § 49-921 and A.A.C. Title 18, Chapter 8, Article 2.

“Disposal” means the physical transfer of refuse for purposes of recovery, other processing, or for placement at a site approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality or other agency having jurisdiction.

“Garbage, refuse or trash” means all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including all organic wastes that have been prepared for, or intended to be used as, food or have resulted from the preparation of food, including all such substances from all public and private establishments and private premises.

“Litter” means any rubbish, trash, weeds, filth or debris which constitute a hazard to public health and safety and shall include all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes including garbage, trash, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste; any deposit, accumulation, pile or heap of brush, grass, debris, weeds, cans, cloth, paper, wood, rubbish or other unsightly or unsanitary matter of any kind whatsoever; and any growth of weeds, brush, grass or other vegetable growth to an unreasonable height or in unreasonable amount. Any debris created during any construction shall be considered litter for purposes of this section, as will any handbills, posters or other similar advertising material posted within the city and not removed within 72 hours after the time of event.

“Permittee” means a person who engages in, owns, or operates a service to collect, transport, dispose, or recycle commercial or industrial refuse or residential refuse generated within the city and has obtained a valid permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

“Person” means a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or society, as well as a natural person.

“Private premises” means any dwelling, house, building or other structure, designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps or vestibules belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structures.

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

“Public works director” means the director of the public works department or his/her representative.

“Recycle” means any manual or mechanical process which involves the collection or transportation of one or more of the various components of recoverable refuse which have been or will be separated, concentrated, or solid.

“Residential, commercial or industrial solid waste recycling services” means the recycling of any residential refuse or commercial or industrial refuse.

“Residential refuse” means any refuse generated by a private premises.

“Residential solid waste management services” means the collection, storage, processing, transportation, treatment, reclamation, or disposal of residential refuse. [Ord. 20-08 § 1; Code 2004 § 9-1.]