§ 12-1. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Dwelling unit means a unit of housing sufficient to independently accommodate the needs of one (1) family unit.

Occupant means any tenant, person, business, partnership, corporation or other entity having the right to actual use, possession or control of property.

Owner means any person, business, partnership, corporation or other entity shown to be responsible by the assessor's records for the payment of property taxes or having any type of title interest in property whether recorded or unrecorded.

Person means a natural person, partnership, association, legal entity or a corporate body or any body of persons corporate or incorporate. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the term "person" as applied to any unincorporated entity, shall mean the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof.

Refuse means garbage, rubbish, trash, debris, junk, ashes, incinerator ash or residue, street cleaning debris, industrial sludge, solid commercial and industrial waste, animal waste, inoperable household appliances, or broken or damaged stuffed furniture, but does not include human body waste, liquid or other waste regulated by statute, or ferrous or nonferrous scrap processed by a commercial scrap metal processor or a commercial reuser of ferrous or nonferrous products.

Refuse bin means a receptacle of metal construction having an internal volume of one (1) cubic yard or more used or intended for use as a refuse container.

(Ord. No. 2012-39, § 2, 11-13-12; Ord. No. 2014.22, § 2, 9-11-14, eff. 10-9-14)