A. “Garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

B. “Litter” means garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined herein and all other material which, if thrown, deposited or allowed to accumulate as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare, and which is not within a receptacle provided therefor.

C. “Refuse” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except human body waste) including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, animal feces and solid market and industrial wastes.

D. “Rubbish” means nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes including, but not limited to, paper, wrappings, cardboard, tin cans, weeds, dry grasses, dead trees and shrubs, yard clippings, leaves, dirt (other than the natural soil, in place), pieces of broken asphalt or concrete, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.

E. “Sanitary wastewater” means wastewater discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartments and hotels), office buildings, industrial plants and institutions.

F. “Stormwater system” means those curbs, inlets, underground conduit, retention/detention basins, outfalls, ditches, and canals used to collect, transport, infiltrate/evaporate or discharge water flows resulting from precipitation falling in and around the city of Bakersfield. (Ord. 3528 § 1, 1993)