[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Tuckerton 9-20-1982
by Ord. No. 4-1982. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words, whenever used in this chapter, shall, for the purpose
of this chapter, have the following meanings:
Any individual or group of individuals composing any community of
interest, firm, partnership, corporation, political subdivision or authority.
Any substance which is, in its production and/or disposal, regulated
by any governmental agency for the purpose of protecting health, safety or
welfare of citizens from the actual or potential threat imposed by noncompliant
production and/or disposal of such substances, and shall specifically include
chemical waste, sewage, septage, or any other chemical or biological wastes.
Any vehicle duly authorized by the Board of Public Utilities or other
regulating agency of the State of New Jersey.
Movement from one location to another by use of a vehicle or container
upon public streets or highways.
No person shall transport a potentially dangerous substance through
the Borough of Tuckerton, unless transportation is made on a duly regulated
vehicle which prominently displays a certification of approval from an appropriate
governmental agency.
No person shall dispose of, dump or place any potentially dangerous
substance into any manhole, pipe, sewage line, receptacle of any type, stream,
lake, field or lot, situate within the Borough of Tuckerton.
No person shall permit any truck or other vehicle designed to transport
flammable substances and carrying such substances to be parked within 200
feet of any residential or commercial building, except when making a delivery
of such flammable substance to such building or neighboring building. If any
truck or other vehicle is being used to deliver said flammable substance,
it shall be permitted to park in the vicinity of the delivery place for only
such time as is necessary to make said delivery. The provisions of this section
are not intended to prohibit an individual who owns a residential or commercial
building from parking any such truck or other motor vehicle on his own property,
provided that said truck or motor vehicle is not within 200 feet of any neighboring
residential or commercial building.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter by transporting
potentially dangerous substances in an unregulated vehicle or who disposes
of a potentially dangerous substance in a place other than authorized shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment not
to exceed 90 days, or both. If any person performs a series of prohibited
transactions, each transaction shall be deemed to be a separate violation
of this chapter for sentencing purposes.
