Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 225.05 Definitions.
225.05. - Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
City shall mean the City of Minneapolis.
Commercial/industrial district shall mean any district designated by the city zoning code as a commercial mixed-use, downtown, production or transportation district.
Construction debris, as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 115A.03, shall include waste building materials, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of buildings and roads. As used in this chapter, the term "building debris" shall mean construction debris.
Dwelling unit shall mean any habitable room located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating, except that in the case of a rooming house, as defined in section 244.40 of this Code of Ordinances, a rooming unit shall constitute one-fourth (¼) dwelling unit.
Garbage shall mean and include the refuse animal and vegetable matter from kitchens, pantries, dining rooms or other parts of hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses, tenement houses, dwelling houses, public institutions and market houses and private hospitals; the refuse animal matter from butcher shops; the refuse fruit and vegetables from stores and commission houses; the refuse animal and vegetable matter from grocery stores, fish stores and poultry stores; and all refuse accumulation containing animal or vegetable matter that attends the preparation, use, cooking or storing of meat, fish, fowl, food, fruit or vegetables, and shall include such paper, sacks or other material used as a container for the garbage or for wrapping garbage.
Hazardous waste, as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 116.06, means any refuse, sludge, or other waste material or combinations of refuse, sludge or other waste materials in solid, semisolid, liquid, or contained gaseous form which because of its quantity, concentration, or chemical, physical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. Categories of hazardous waste materials include, but are not limited to: explosives, flammables, oxidizers, poisons, irritants, and corrosives. Hazardous waste does not include source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Household battery shall mean and include disposable or rechargeable dry cells commonly used as power sources for household or consumer products including, but not limited to, nickel-cadmium, alkaline, mercuric, oxide, silver oxide, zinc oxide, lithium and carbon zinc batteries, but excluding lead acid batteries.
Liquid waste hauler shall mean a licensed industrial hauler who collects and transports liquid waste for the purpose of discharge into designated public sewers.
Mixed municipal solid waste, as defined in Minnesota Statute Section 115A.03, means garbage, refuse, and other solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial, and community activities that the generator of the waste aggregates for collection, but does not include auto hulks, street sweepings, ash, construction debris, mining waste, sludges, tree and agricultural wastes, tires, lead acid batteries, motor and vehicle fluids and filters, and other materials collected, processed, and disposed of as separate waste streams. As used in this chapter, the term "solid waste" shall mean mixed municipal solid waste.
Occupant shall mean any person in actual occupancy of a premises.
Operator shall mean any person who has charge, care or control of a building, in which dwelling units, or rooming units are let.
Owner shall mean a legal or equitable owner of record who has a right of entry to the premises and a right to participate in controlling the building.
Recyclable materials, as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 115A.03, means materials that are separated from mixed municipal solid waste for the purpose of recycling or composting, including paper, glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, batteries, source-separated compostable materials, and sole source food waste streams that are managed through biodegradative processes. Refuse-derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by incineration is not a recyclable material.
Recycling, as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 115A.03, means the process of preparing and collecting recyclable materials and reusing the materials in their original form or using them in manufacturing processes that do not cause the destruction of recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use.
Refuse shall mean any combustible material including, but not limited to, trash, rubbish, garbage, paper, and debris of all kinds.
Rubbish shall include, but not be limited to, combustible or non-combustible waste materials, such as ashes, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, scrap metal, mineral matter, crockery, and discarded appliances.
Source separate compostable materials, as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 115A.03, means materials that:
(1) Are separated at the source by waste generators for the purpose of preparing them for use as compost;
(2) Are collected separately from mixed municipal solid waste and are governed by the licensing provisions of Minnesota Statutes Section 115A.93;
(3) Are comprised of food wastes, fish and animal waste, plant materials, diapers, sanitary products, and paper that is not recyclable because the commissioner has determined that no other person is willing to accept the paper for recycling;
(4) Are delivered to a facility to undergo controlled microbial degradation to yield a humus-like product meeting the agency's class I or class II, or equivalent, compost standards and where process rejects do not exceed fifteen (15) percent by weight of the total material delivered to the facility; and
(5) May be delivered to a transfer station, mixed municipal solid waste processing facility, or recycling facility only for the purposes of composting or transfer to a composting facility, unless the commissioner determines that no other person is willing to accept the materials.
Townhouse shall mean a building or structure which contains two (2) or more one (1) family dwelling units erected as part of a single building with the majority of the units within such building or structure having each of the following characteristics:
(1) Having as its principal entrance a door which opens to the outdoors;
(2) Having open space on at least two (2) sides of the unit; and
(3) Fee simple ownership of the individual dwelling area plus adjoining property, if any, as a separate property description.
A townhouse, for the purposes of this chapter, specifically includes buildings or structures that contain units that have common ownership of joint use areas whether inside or outside and/or parking facilities in addition to individual ownership of actual dwelling areas and includes buildings or structures that meet the foregoing requirements but are part of an association agreement or planned unit development.
Yard waste, as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 115A.03, means garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, shrub and tree waste, and prunings. (96-Or-046, § 1, 5-24-96; 2000-Or-133, § 1, 12-29-00; 2007-Or-028, § 1, 4-27-07; Ord. No. 2020-056, § 1, 10-16-20; Ord. No. 2023-037, § 1, 5-25-23)