§ 6:401. Definitions.(Parish)

The following words and phrases, when used in this part, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

Director of the department of public works or director is the director of the department of public works of the city-parish.

Garbage shall mean and include household refuse matter, kitchen stuff (excluding liquids), tin cans, broken bottles, glassware, market refuse, waste from the handling, storage and sale of produce, which is prepared for collection and disposal as provided hereinafter.

Neutral ground shall mean that area between the property line and the curb or ditch, as the case may be.

Occupant shall mean any person who lives in, resides in, conducts or operates a business in, or uses any building, house, structure or grounds.

Owner shall mean and include the record owner of any building, house, structure or grounds.

Refuse is all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes.

Rubbish is nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes), consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.

Trash and other waste matter shall mean and include any trash, waste paper, debris, rubbish, ordure, excrement, etc., not included under the definition of "garbage," and shall also include cut grass, weeds, vines, shrubbery trimmings, and trees or limbs not exceeding a weight and length that can be normally loaded by two (2) men and carried in a truck without unreasonable overhang; provided that larger trees and limbs, industrial waste, building debris from erection or repairing of any buildings, dead fowls and animals and scrap metal shall not be included.

Should the city and parish enter into a contract with a private contractor for the collection and disposal of garbage, trash, bulky waste and litter, the terms and conditions of that contract shall take precedence over the provisions of this section, including but not limited to the definitions of all items of the contract.

(Parish Code 1962, Title 6, § 401; Ord. No. 8074, § 11, 12-11-85)