[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Saddle River 7-8-1974 as Ch. 10, Art. IV, of the 1974 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Putrescible animal and vegetation waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish and all other waste material
which, if thrown or deposited, tends to create a danger to public
health, safety and welfare.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other
matters of public interest. Magazines and periodicals as well as other
paper products in any nature are not considered "newspaper."[1]
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
waste), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, animal feces or excremental matter, abandoned automobiles
or any parts thereof and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, but not limited to stones, glass, stickers,
paper, rags, straw, wood, rocks, dirt, dust, sidewalk sweepings, turf,
sand, debris, junk, automobile bodies, frameworks, chassis, abandoned
automobiles or any combination of the same, ashes, wrappings, cigarettes,
cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
A.Â
No person shall throw, place, deposit or cause to
be thrown, placed or deposited litter or any dangerous or offensive
substances in or upon any public place except in a public receptacle
or in an authorized private receptacle for private collection.
B.Â
A public receptacle shall not be used for the deposit
of garbage.
C.Â
No person shall throw or cause to be thrown litter
or any dangerous or offensive substance at a car, vehicle, house,
building or fence.
A person placing litter in public receptacles
or in private receptacles shall do so in a manner so as to prevent
it from being blown, carried or deposited by the elements upon public
places or private property.[1]
A.Â
No person shall throw or deposit litter upon a public
or private place from a vehicle.
B.Â
No person shall drive or move a truck or other vehicle
unless the vehicle is so constructed, loaded or covered as to prevent
any load or contents of litter from being blown or deposited upon
any public or private place.
C.Â
No person shall drive or move any vehicle or truck
within the Borough, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit
in any street, alley or other public or private place mud, dirt, sticky
substances or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw, place, deposit or permit
to be thrown, placed or deposited upon any public or private lot litter
of any description.
A.Â
B.Â
Placing commercial and noncommercial handbills on
vehicles.
C.Â
Depositing commercial and noncommercial handbills
on uninhabited or vacant premises.
(1)Â
No person shall throw or deposit a commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon a private premises which are temporarily or continuously
uninhabited or vacant, except by handing or transmitting such handbill
directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or
upon such private premises.
(2)Â
In case of inhabited private premises which are not
posted, the distributor, unless requested by anyone upon the premises
not to do so, shall have the authority to place or deposit a handbill
in or upon such inhabited private premises, if the handbill is so
placed or deposited as to secure or prevent the handbill from being
blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, streets or other
public places.
(3)Â
Mailboxes may not be used when prohibited by federal
postal law or regulations.
The provisions of § 142-6C shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States nor to newspapers.
No person shall post or affix a notice, poster
or other paper or device, calculated to attract the attention of the
public, to a lamppost, public utility pole or shade tree or upon any
public structure or building, except as may be authorized by the owners
thereof or required by law.
A.Â
No person shall throw, deposit or store litter on
any occupied private property, whether owned by such person or not.
B.Â
The owner or person in control of private property
may maintain private receptacles for collection and removal of litter
in a manner so that the receptacles shall not be unsightly and detrimental
to the surrounding neighbors.
