8.25.020 Definitions.
In this chapter, each of the following terms has the respective corresponding meaning:
“Bear cart” means a cart designed to be resistant to opening by bears.
“Bin” means a receptacle for storing solid waste that is picked up with front-end loading vehicles, such as those having a three- to eight-yard capacity, sometimes referred to as a “dumpster.”
“Borough landfill” means the landfill owned by the borough.
“Bulky item(s)” means any large item of solid waste, as determined from time to time by the manager, which can be safely lifted by two individuals using a dolly, generated at residential premises and discarded at residential set-out sites, such as the following:
1. Furniture, including metal desks and storage cabinets;
2. Pianos and organs;
3. Televisions;
4. Large appliances, including washers, driers, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers and stoves;
5. Toys, bikes, and dismantled swing sets;
6. Lawn mowers and snow blowers with no gas or oil in them, up to four auto or pickup tires per customer each calendar month, with rims removed; and
7. Any item, other than lumber, that can be cut or broken down meeting the following requirements:
a. Not longer than four feet in length; and
b. Weighing no more than 70 pounds.
“Bulky items” does not mean the following:
1. Material generated at nonresidential premises, including commercial business operations;
2. Bundled yard waste, branches;
3. Sod, soil, and rock;
4. Broken concrete and asphalt;
5. Brick, block, and stone;
6. Railroad ties or similar type of retaining wall timbers;
7. Remodeling debris, including shingles;
8. Carpeting;
9. Sinks, concrete laundry tubs, and cast iron plumbing fixtures;
10. Windows and doors;
11. Lumber;
12. Animal waste, including all excrement from domestic animals and fowl, and all hay, straw, or other materials that have been used for animals’ or fowls’ bedding;
13. Liquids, including paint;
14. Hazardous waste, including household hazardous waste;
15. Fuel oil tanks; and
16. Any automotive parts, including vehicle batteries and tires.
“C&D (construction and demolition) debris” means any solid waste discarded in dumpsters or roll-off containers that the contract hauler must collect under the on-call temporary dumpster and roll-off collection service section of the approved collection contract, such as the following:
1. Bundled yard waste, branches;
2. Sod, soil and rock;
3. Broken concrete and asphalt;
4. Brick, block, and stone;
5. Railroad ties or similar type of retaining wall timbers;
6. Remodeling debris;
7. Carpeting;
8. Sinks, concrete laundry tubs and cast-iron plumbing fixtures;
9. Windows and doors; and
10. Lumber.
“Cart” means a wheeled receptacle for storing solid waste that can be emptied by either semi- or fully-automated vehicles.
“Collection contract” means the contract described between the contract hauler and the borough for collection of solid waste and transportation to the borough landfill.
“Collection service area” means all premises accessible via roads maintained by the state of Alaska, the borough, the city of Kodiak, or the U.S. government, in and around Kodiak City and within the boundaries of the borough, except for the USCG facilities and past milepost one of Anton Larsen Road.
“Commercial” describes people, such as customers, places, such as premises, or things, such as carts or types of solid waste, in the borough that are not residential or multifamily.
“Compactor” means a receptacle containing a ram that pushes and compresses waste into a container or bale.
“Contract hauler” means the contractor under the municipal solid waste collection contract.
“Dead animal” means the carcass from an animal, large or small, except part of an animal used for food or other beneficial purpose in accordance with federal, state or local laws and regulations. Does not include fish or other primarily aquatic animal.
“Disposal” or “dispose” means the act or action of discarding solid waste.
“Hazardous or toxic waste” means any material that meets the definition of 40 C.F.R. 261 and AS 46.03.900, such as poisons, pesticides, acids, batteries, caustics, infectious or pathological wastes, radioactive materials, explosive or highly flammable materials, oil and petroleum products, and burning or smoldering materials.
“Household hazardous waste” means hazardous waste generated on residential premises.
“Manager” means the borough manager or designee.
“Multifamily” describes people, such as customers, places, such as premises, or things, such as carts or types of solid waste, in the borough that are not residential premises.
“Multifamily premises” means premises that are not residential premises, and therefore contains four or more dwelling units, including apartment complexes and trailer courts.
“Premises” means property having any habitable building, whether residential, multifamily, or commercial.
“Recyclables” means materials which can be reprocessed, reconditioned, or adapted to use again or for a new use or function.
“Residential premises” means a premises meeting both of the following conditions:
1. It contains one, two, or three dwelling unit(s); and
2. Each dwelling unit is occupied by related individuals, or by five or fewer unrelated individuals.
“Roll-off” means an open-topped rectangular receptacle for storage, collection, and transport of solid waste that is rolled on and off flatbed collection vehicles via winches or reeving cylinders (hooks).
“Scavenging” means the controlled removal of waste materials for recycling or reuse.
“Sewage solids” means waste that passes the paint filter test, EPA Test Method 9095, published in Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, SW- 846, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 60.365, and has been removed from a wastewater treatment system, sewer, septic tank, or other wastewater handling equipment; “sewage solids” includes lagoon dredge, sewer cleanout waste, barscreen grit, and wastewater treatment sludge.
“Solid waste” means “municipal solid waste” as defined in AS 46.03.900.
“Solid waste collection” means the act of removing solid waste from the central storage point of a primary generating source, such as a residence or business, to a place of solid waste disposal.
“Solid waste disposal” means the orderly process of finally disposing of solid waste.
“Solid waste generator” means anyone who creates solid waste during everyday living and working.
“Solid waste storage” means the interim containment of solid waste, in an approved manner, after generation and prior to collection and disposal. [Ord. FY2020-09 §5, 2020; Ord. FY2010-07 §3, 2010].