[Adopted 5-23-1988 by Ord. No. 1461]
There shall be hereby established the sole and
exclusive system for the deposit of certain compostable refuse upon
the recycling and resource-recovery site of the Borough of Hasbrouck
Heights.
[Amended 4-11-2000 by Ord. No. 1893]
The Superintendent of the Department of Public Works shall designate an area within the grounds of the Department of Public Works upon which certain compostable refuse shall be deposited, and no dumping of such materials shall hereafter be permitted except upon that location and in accordance herewith. No person, firm or corporation shall be permitted to deposit materials in accordance herewith until issued a permit by the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works for such purposes. The annual fee for such permit shall be as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees. The issuance of such permit may be denied or such permit may be revoked after issuance upon a determination by the Superintendent that the applicant or permittee does not qualify under the terms of this article or has failed to comply therewith.
A.
The Superintendent is hereby authorized to issue tickets to permittees for the deposit of materials, in accordance herewith, and to charge a fee therefor as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees. Each such ticket shall entitle the permittee and holder thereof to deposit in accordance therewith one respective truckload of materials upon surrender of that ticket as follows: one pickup truck ticket, one mason dump truck ticket, or one rack-type truck ticket. For the purpose hereof, each such load shall not exceed a volume of material loaded higher than the standard nonmodified, cargo-area sidewalls of each such type of truck. All such types of tickets shall be sold in books of 20.
[Amended 4-11-2000 by Ord. No. 1893]
B.
The holder of such ticket may thereupon, between the
hours fixed herein, present such ticket to the Superintendent or his
designee, who shall determine that the holder qualifies hereunder
and who shall determine that the refuse that the holder proposes to
deposit is of the nature herein specified. If the ticket holder is
found unqualified or if the refuse is of a nature other than that
permitted hereunder to be deposited, the ticket holder shall be denied
the privilege to deposit.
No materials shall be deposited upon the recycling
and resource-recovery site except such materials as the Superintendent
of the Department of Public Works shall reasonably determine to be
compostable, and such material shall be chopped, cut, graded or otherwise
reduced to a size no greater than one cubic inch per unit. It shall
be the responsibility of any person, firm or corporation depositing
such materials, in accordance herewith, to spread over such material
powdered lime at a rate of 25 pounds for each cubic yard deposited
at the time of such deposit.
No person, firm or corporation shall be permitted
to deposit refuse unless such refuse is the product of business within
the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights. In order to verify such fact, the
Superintendent of the Department of Public Works may, as he deems
reasonably necessary, examine the records of any permittee and may
prohibit such deposit in the event that he determines that more than
10% of his refuse may be the product of business conducted outside
the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights or in the event that such person,
firm or corporation refuses to permit the examination of its records
upon the reasonable request of said Superintendent. The Superintendent
may further require any permittee to file with him a certification
of the names and addresses of clients served within the Borough of
Hasbrouck Heights and a statement of the type and approximate volume
of the refuse anticipated to be removed from such premises and shall
deny or revoke the permit should fewer than 90% of the properties
serviced be located in the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights.
No person, firm or corporation shall deposit
such refuse upon said recycling and resource-recovery site except
between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday
of any week, exclusive of such holidays on which the Department of
Public Works is closed.
No person, firm or corporation shall deposit
such refuse except in accordance with the reasonable regulations imposed
by the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works after notification
of such regulations.
Any person, firm or corporation to whom or to
which a ticket is issued hereunder shall be required to comply with
any other law, rule or regulation relating to the deposit of refuse,
including but not limited to the completion of such forms as may be
required by any federal, state, county or municipal agency having
jurisdiction over the deposit of such refuse or over such recycling
and resource-recovery sites. Any person, firm or corporation failing
or refusing to comply with such laws, rules or regulations shall be
prohibited from depositing refuse.
[Amended 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1538; 2-10-2009 by Ord. No. 2201]
Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of failing to comply with the provisions of this article or any of the reasonable requirements or regulations formed hereunder by the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights shall be subject to such penalties as are provided in Chapter 204 of this Code.
