[Amended 2-15-2007 by Ord. No. 03-07]
No licensee shall perform yard-maintenance services
upon any property within the Borough of Maywood prior to 8:00 a.m.
nor later than 8:00 p.m. on weekdays or prior to 9:00 a.m. nor later
than 8:00 p.m. on weekends and legal holidays.
[Amended 1-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 23-16]
A. Pursuant to §
193-4 of the Borough Code, at their own expense, commercial landscape companies, tree experts, tree surgeons, arborists or tree contractors, gardeners, landscapers and horticulturists shall be required to remove all trimmings, branches, brush, trees, stumps and other waste materials resulting from the services performed by them from the premises which they service; but they shall not be required to remove leaves and grass clippings unless contracted to do so by the owner or occupier of the premises upon which the services are performed.
B. Licensees
are required to bag leaves in compostable paper bags or in a reusable
container without lid and set at curbside for collection in accordance
with all provisions of the Borough Code at such times as may be authorized
by ordinance. Bagged or contained leaves shall be free of trash, branches,
garden debris and grass clippings.
C. Licensees
are required to bag grass clippings and garden debris in compostable
paper bags or in a reusable container without lid and set at curbside
for collection in accordance with all provisions of the Borough Code
at such times as may be authorized by ordinance. Bagged or contained
leaves shall be free of trash, branches and leaves.
D. Licensees
may only place properly bagged/contained leaves, grass clippings and
garden debris on that portion of the curbside immediately adjacent
to the premises from which such leaves and grass clippings/garden
debris were collected.
E. Licensees
not wishing to properly dispose of leaves, grass clippings or garden
debris pursuant to the code of the Borough of Maywood shall remove
same from the Borough of Maywood for proper disposal elsewhere.
F. No licensee
shall place any leaves, grass clippings or garden debris at the curb
earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the day of
collection by the Borough in accordance with a schedule to be promulgated
by the Borough. All leaves, grass clippings and garden debris collected
prior thereto shall be stored on the property from which they were
collected until they may be placed at the curb as set forth above
or otherwise removed from the Borough of Maywood.
G. No licensee
shall store or place at the curb for collection any leaves, grass
clippings or garden debris which originated from outside the Borough
of Maywood.
H. Licensees
shall collect grass clippings in an appropriate collecting device
mounted to the lawn mower so as to minimize grass clippings being
dispersed onto the public streets or neighboring properties. Licensees
shall not blow or otherwise disperse leaves or grass clippings upon
the public streets or neighboring properties. Licensees shall be responsible
to remove any grass clippings or leaves dispersed onto the public
streets or neighboring properties and dispose of same in accordance
with the ordinances of the Borough of Maywood.