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• Section 26-31. Certain wastes not to be collected by city. Factory cuttings, trade wastes or rejected building materials will not be collected by the city. They may be hauled to an approved landfill by the property owner or the owner's agent. Hot ashes shall not be collected by the City Section 26-32. Placement for collection of garbage or refuse from outside City. It shall be unlawful for any non-resident of the City or any owner of a business not situated within the City limits, or any agent of either, to bring bagged, boxed or bundled household or business garbage or refuse from outside the City into the City and deposit it anywhere herein for collection by the public service division of the public works department. ARTICLE III. USER FEES FOR COMMERCIAL REFUSE CONTAINERS Section 26-35. Purpose and policy. This article is adopted pursuant to Virginia Code §15.1-11.5:3, §15.1-879 and §15.1-857 in order to better protect • the health, safety and welfare of the public and the environment by establishing a fee for the city service of disposing of refuse generated by commercial property owners located within city boundaries. Section 26-36. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Commercial property for purposes of this article shall mean all properties, residences or businesses in the city which: (1) on the average generate refuse each week which would fill more than twelve (12) thirty-two gallon containers; (2) deposit their refuse in dumpsters, as defined herein; and (3) are otherwise eligible to have their refuse collected and disposed of by the city. Dumpster means a large refuse container with a minimum capacity of at least two cubic yards and capable of being lifted mechanically by frontloading city refuse trucks. Refuse means garbage, trash, debris, litter and other solid waste which the City regularly collects as part of its curbside collection and which can be disposed of by the City at the Ivy Landfill. This does not include hazardous waste, white goods, • furniture, tires, automobile parts, asbestos and inert waste such as dirt, logs, rock, construction materials, brush (unless tied in bundles less than 3 feet long) or demolition debris. C!