A. “Consumed on premises” means consumption of food or beverages in the public areas of a food service business, common areas of a food court, outside seating areas and parking lots exclusively for customers of the food service business, rather than taken out for consumption elsewhere.

B. “Disposable food serviceware” means nonrecyclable containers, “clamshells,” serving trays, vegetable trays, and utensils that are intended only for one-time use, including so-called biodegradable products where any portion is not recyclable.

C. “Expanded polystyrene (EPS)” means blown polystyrene and expanded and extruded foams (sometimes called Styrofoam, a Dow Chemical Co. trademarked form of polystyrene foam insulation) which are thermoplastic petrochemical materials utilizing a styrene monomer and processed by any number of techniques including, but not limited to, fusion of polymer spheres (expandable bead polystyrene), injection molding, foam molding, and extrusion-blow molding (extruded foam polystyrene).

D. “EPS food service products” means food containers, plates, “clamshells,” hot and cold beverage cups, meat and vegetable trays, plates, egg cartons, and other products, made of EPS and used for selling or providing food for consumption on or off the premises.

E. “Food court” means an area of a retail mall, office building, sports facility or other premises where one or more food service businesses are located and customer seating for dining and consumption of beverages is provided in a common area.

F. “Food service businesses” means full-service restaurants, fast food restaurants, cafes, delicatessens, coffee shops, grocery stores, vending trucks or carts, business or institutional cafeterias, food delivery services, and other businesses, selling or providing food within the city of Gig Harbor for consumption on or off the premises.

G. “Recyclable” means made solely of materials that are capable of being separated from a waste stream by a food service business and made available for collection and delivery to a processor for reuse or remanufacture into the same or other products. (Ord. 1399 § 1, 2018).