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Ordinance amending Chapter 8.25 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code related to recycling and solid waste
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The Common Council of the City of Wauwatosa do hereby ordain as follows:
Part I: Chapter 8.24 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
8.24.010 Definitions
A. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
"Combined refuse" is the refuse of animal, vegetable or synthetic substances which have been used or intended as food or other products for humans or animals, excluding recyclables, as may be accumulated in the customary use of a dwelling or place of business.
"Commercial/institutional" refers to business enterprises, except manufacturing, and the activities associated therewith. It includes churches, public and parochial education institutions, charitable organizations, and apartment buildings of more than four units, and all combination business residential properties, investment firms, managing real estate and any individual owning more than one property for profit.
"Construction waste" is waste resulting from building construction, alteration or repair, and earth from excavation.
"Curbside" means the area within five feet of the edge of the traveled portion of any public street or alley affording reasonable access to waste collection crews from the street or alley line, but only such portion thereof as lies on the roadway side of any drainage ditch.
"Domestic" refers to dwelling units and the household activities associated therewith and includes apartment buildings of four units or smaller.
"E-Waste" includes all covered electronic devices including a consumer video display device, consumer computers and related accessories (such as hard drives/towers, printers, keyboards, mice, and monitors), cell phones and televisions.
"Food scraps" are all waste, animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter incidental to and resulting...
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