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The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Authorized private receptacle means a litter storage and collection receptacle.
Garbage means decomposable animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Litter means garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined in this section, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this article, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
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.
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, including any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch or steps belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
Public place means any street, sidewalk, boulevard, alley or other public way and any public park, square, space, grounds or building.
Rat or vermin harborage means any material, substance, food, trash, debris or other objects that supports rats or other vermin.
Refuse means all decomposable and nondecomposable solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
Rubbish means all nonputrescible solid waste, excluding ashes, consisting of both combustible wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers, yard clippings, wood and noncombustible wastes such as tin cans, glass and crockery. State Law reference— Similar definition, G.L. 1956, § 45-24.3-5(38).
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.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 7-51; Ch. 783, § I, 9-15-20)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.