Richmond Hill : Règlement no 18-19, art. 1.1(a) — Definitions In this by-law, the following words shall have the following meanings

Definitions In this by-law, the following words shall have the following meanings:

• "Administrative Penalty By-law" means the Town's By-law No. 69-16 establishing a system of administrative penalties;
• (b) "Approved Container" means those containers described in Schedule "A" and Schedule "B" attached and any other container approved by the Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure Services from time to time;
• (c) "Ashes" means the solid residue of any fuel used for heating or cooking purposes, cleanings from chimneys, and includes wood, coal or charcoal ashes;
• (d) "Bulk Collection" means Collection of Waste using Approved Containers described in Schedule "B";
• (e) "Bulky Waste" means Garbage items, such as furniture, that are too large to fit within an Approved Container. Bulky Waste items must not exceed 1.83 meters in length and 68 kilograms in weight;
• (f) "Bundle" means:
• (i) Garbage securely tied with a non-ferrous material which does not exceed 1.2 metres in length and may include rolls of carpet or shelves;
• (ii) Yard Waste securely tied with a non-ferrous material which does not exceed 1.2 metres in length and may include branches (with individual diameters of

no more than 10 centimeters), twigs and cuttings; and

• (iii) the same type of Recyclable Materials (generally paper or cardboard) secured with a non-ferrous material and no larger than 60 cm x 60cm x 30cm;
• (g) " By-law Enforcement Officer" means an individual appointed for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this by-law or all of the by-laws of the Town;
• (h) "Christmas Trees" means natural Christmas trees no more than 2.1 metres in height; means the person from time to time
• (i) "Commissioner of Community Services" occupying the office of Commissioner of Community Services for the Town, or such successor office as the case may be; "Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure Services" means the 0) person from time to time occupying the office of Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure Services for the Town, or such successor office as the case may be;
• (k) "Collection" means Curbside Collection, Bulk Collection or other Waste collection services provided by the Town directly or through its Contractor;
• (I) "Contamination" means the mixing of a Waste item listed below with a different Waste item listed below:
• (i) Garbage;
• (ii) Recyclable Materials;
• (iii) Organics;
• (iv) Yard Waste; and
• (v) Non-Collectible Waste;
• (m) "Contractor" means a company or individual with whom the Town has entered into a contract for Collection and includes all employees, agents or servants of such company or individual;
• (n) "Curbside Collection" means Collection of Waste using Approved Containers as described in Schedule "A";
• (o) "Diversion Program" means any of the Town's programs relating to the Collection of Recyclable Materials, Organics, Yard Materials and Metal Items and Large Appliances that are intended to divert Waste;
• (p) "Downtown Core" means that area fronting Yonge Street bounded by Major Mackenzie Drive to the South, Crosby Avenue to the North on the East side of Yonge Street and Benson Avenue to the North and on the West side of Yonge Street;
• (q) "Dwelling Unit" means any part of a building or structure used, designed or intended to be used as a domestic residence in which one or more persons may sleep and are provided with culinary and sanitary facilities for their exclusive use;
• (r) "Garbage" means any material or item discarded by the occupant of a Dwelling Unit that is not Recyclable Material, Source Separate Organics, Yard Waste, a Metal Item or Large Appliance or Non-Collectible Waste;
• (s) "Garbage Tag" means an official tag or sticker, available for purchase from the Town, that is to be affixed to any Garbage Item in excess of the applicable item li mit set out in this by-law;
• (t) "Garbage Item" means one of the following: an Approved Container for Garbage;
• (ii) A Bundle of Garbage with a maximum weight of 18 kilograms; or
• (iii) a Bulky Item;
• (u) "Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or structure at all exterior walls;
• (v) "I.C. & I. Property" means a property used for industrial, commercial or institutional purposes;
• (w) "Low Density Residential Property" means a property containing a Single Detached Dwelling, a Semi-Detached Dwelling or a Townhouse Dwelling, each having an individual waste storage and set-out area and frontage onto a Street;
• (x) "Medium Density Residential Property" means a property other than a Low Density Residential Property containing a residential building comprised of two (2) to six (6) Dwelling Units, with the Dwelling Units having shared waste storage and set-out areas and the building having frontage onto a Street; means refrigerators, stoves, freezers,
• (Y) "Metal Items and Large Appliances" washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, furnaces, hot water tanks, metal sinks and bathtubs, pool heaters, air conditioning units, metal water softeners, dehumidifiers, water heaters and barbecues and/or any other items which may be designated Metal Items and Large Appliances by the Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure Services from time to time, save and except commercial or industrial appliances;
• (z) "Multi-Residential Property" means a:

a residential building, or that part of a building used for residential purposes;

• (i) or
• (ii) a set of buildings containing Townhouse Dwelling Units other than a Low or Medium Density Property; that contain seven (7) or more Dwelling Units and have shared storage and set- out areas;
• (aa) " Multi-Residential Waste Collection Infrastructure" means the infrastructure used for on-site collection and storage including the waste chute(s), waste storage room, waste containers, access route, and collection areas;
• (bb) "Municipal Act' means the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25.
• (cc) "Non-Collectible Waste" means those items and materials described in Schedule " C" or any other material or item designated as non-collectible by the Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure from time to time;
• (dd) "Occupant" means any lessee, tenant, inmate, Owner, or any other person in possession of a property, or that person's agent authorized in writing;
• (ee) Organics" means organic material commonly generated from within a Dwelling Unit that is deemed to be acceptable in the Town's Collection program as determined by the Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure Services from ti me to time, including, but not limited, to food waste, soiled paper towels, household plants and pet waste;
• (ff) "Owner" means the person having right, title, interest or equity in a property as shown on the records of the land registry office, or that person's agent authorized in writing;
• (gg) "Penalty Notice" means a notice in relation to a contravention of this by-law issued pursuant to the Administrative Penalty By-law;
• (hh) "Person" means any entity, including an individual, partnership, firm and corporation;
• (ii) "Property" means Low Density Residential Property, a Medium Density Residential Property, Multi-Residential Property or an I.C. & I. Property;
• (jj) "Provincial Offences Act' means the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, C. P. 33;
• (kk) "Recyclable Materials" means materials deemed to be recyclable under the Town's recycling Collection program as determined by the Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure Services from time to time.
• (II) "Scheduled Collection Day" means: for those Low Density Residential Properties, Medium Density Residential
• (i) Properties and I.C. & I Properties that have been determined to be eligible for Collection as described in Article 4 - Eligibility Requirements for Collection, the day or days designated for Collection of Waste referred to in the Town's Collection calendar posted on the Town's website; and
• (ii) for Multi-Residential Properties, the dates designated by the Town and communicated by the Town to the Owners of such Multi-Residential Properties upon the determination by the Commissioner of Community Services that such Property has met the Town's eligibility requirements pursuant to Section 3.1.
• (mm) "Semi-Detached Dwelling" means a Dwelling Unit in a residential building consisting of two (2) Dwelling Units at Grade attached only by one vertical wall and having no other parts attached and not connected by an interior corridor;
• (nn) "Single Detached Dwelling" means a residential building consisting of one Dwelling Unit at Grade that is not attached to another structure;
• (oo) "Street" means any public highway, private road, driveway or other roadway that serves as a means for vehicular access to any Property;
• (pp) "Townhouse Dwelling" means a Dwelling Unit in a residential building consisting of more than two (2) Dwelling Units at or above Grade attached by vertical walls and/or horizontal walls and no other parts and not connected by an interior corridor;
• (qq) "Town" means The Corporation of the Town of Richmond Hill;
• (rr) "Waste" means Garbage, Recyclable Material, Organics, Yard Waste and Metal Items and Large Appliances discarded by the Occupant of a Dwelling Unit;
• (ss) "Waste Standards" means any development standards, Collection standards, or any other waste standards approved by the Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure from time to time.
• (II) "Work Order" means a notice requiring a Person to correct a contravention of this by-law;
• (uu) "Yard Waste" means organic material commonly generated outside of a Dwelling Unit that is accepted in the Town's Collection program as determined by the Commissioner of Environment and Infrastructure Services from time to time, including, but not limited to leaves, tree cuttings and brush, but excluding Christmas Trees.