§ 13-61. Definitions.  


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  • For the purpose of this article, the definitions contained in the Interlocal Agreement shall apply unless otherwise specifically stated in this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular and words in the singular number include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

    (a)

    Contract communities . The term "contract communities" shall refer to the municipal corporation or corporations existing under the laws of the State of Florida located within the county that from time to time enter into the Interlocal Agreement.

    (b)

    County . The term "county" shall refer to Broward County, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida.

    (c)

    District . The term "district" shall refer to the Broward Solid Waste Disposal District created by the county and approved by the governing bodies of the contract communities pursuant to the Interlocal Agreement.

    (d)

    Hauler . The term "hauler" shall refer to those persons, firms or corporations or governmental agencies responsible (under either oral or written contract, or otherwise) for the collection of solid waste within the geographic boundaries of the contract communities and transportation to the resource recovery system.

    (e)

    Interlocal Agreement . The term "Interlocal Agreement" shall refer to that certain Interlocal Agreement, dated November 25, 1986, by and among the county and the contract communities, as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the provisions of the Interlocal Agreement.

    (f)

    Resource recovery system . The term "resource recovery system" shall refer to the resource recovery facilities which are constructed, operated and maintained or caused to be constructed, operated and maintained pursuant to the Interlocal Agreement.

    (g)

    Solid waste . The term "solid waste" shall have the meaning set forth in Chapter 403, Part IV, Florida Statutes, as amended from time to time, as limited or expanded by the terms "processable waste, unprocessable waste and unacceptable waste" set forth in the Interlocal Agreement.

(Ord. No. O-87-16, § 2, 4-1-87)