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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings given in this section, in addition to the meanings set forth at BCC 1.04.020:

A. “Authorized litter receptacle” means a litter storage and/or collection receptacle as defined or required by this chapter as now enacted or hereafter amended.

B. “Compost pile” means plant debris, soil and other putrescible wastes stacked so as to encourage rapid decomposition for the ultimate use as plant fertilizer.

C. “Drop box” means a container for the disposal of litter of a capacity of at least 10 cubic yards and not more than 30 cubic yards.

D. “Dumpster” means a container for the disposal of litter of a capacity of at least one and one-quarter cubic yards and not more than eight cubic yards.

E. “Garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

F. “Handbill” means any printed or written matter, any sample, device, dodger, circular, leaflet, sampler, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet, or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copy of any matter of literature, political or nonpolitical, for profit or nonprofit, for commercial or noncommercial purposes not included in the definitions of “newspaper”; except the word “handbill” shall not include any notice or any document relating to legal proceedings, court proceedings or action of any government agency including the city.

G. “Litter” means garbage, refuse, and rubbish, as defined in this section, animal excrement, and in addition, all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this chapter, tends to create a public nuisance.

H. “Litter receptacle” means a container for the disposal of litter of not more than 60-gallon capacity; provided, that garbage containers or other waste containers serving single-family or multi-family residences are not included in this definition.

I. “Newspaper” means any newspaper of general circulation, any newspaper duly entered with the U.S. Postal Service Department of the United States in accordance with federal statute or regulation, and, in addition thereto, means and includes any periodical or magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year and sold or distributed to the public.

J. “Park” means a park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center, or any other public area in the city, owned or used by the city and devoted to active or passive recreation.

K. “Private property” means any realty not held out for the use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any dwelling, house, building or other structure, any walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox located on such realty.

L. “Public place” means any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or private interests. “Public place,” for purposes of compliance with the provisions of this chapter regarding placement of litter receptacles in the number specified, shall not include indoor areas. An indoor area shall be construed to mean any enclosed area covered with a roof and protected from moisture and wind.

M. “Refuse” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, residue from street cleaning and solid market and industrial wastes.

N. “Rubbish” means nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes such as paper, wrapping, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, wood, glass, plastic, cloth, bedding, crockery and similar materials.

O. “Vehicle” means every device, in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (Ord. 2687 § 1, 1979.)