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The following definitions of terms as used in this chapter shall apply in the enforcement and application thereto:

A. “Waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible waste from all public or private dwellings and establishments and except carcasses of dead animals, including, but not limited to, all garbage, waste, rubbish, debris, discarded food, swill, animal and vegetable matter, waste papers, cans, glass, ashes, offal, boxes, brush, shrubs, and garden leaves, unattached portions of trees, bushes or shrubs, and refuse, except sewage from all public or private dwellings and establishments and except carcasses of dead animals;

B. “Industrial waste” means that material resulting from a manufacturing process, not the manufactured product, but the accumulation of debris or waste material which is thrown away, discarded or not used to comprise the finished product, including, but not limited to all waste generated at an industrial or manufacturing site;

C. “Disposal site” means that area of land described in Section 8.12.020 and any other area of land acquired, owned or occupied by the city for the purpose of receiving garbage, waste and refuse for disposal. (Prior code § 10.53.020.)