[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Glen
Gardner 9-18-1984 by Ord. No. 84-9. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid Waste — See Ch. 139.
A.
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
BOROUGH
LITTER
PARK
PRIVATE PREMISES
PUBLIC PLACE
VEHICLE
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words
shall have the following meanings:
A litter storage and collection receptacle provided by the owner
or occupier of private premises.
The Borough of Glen Gardner in the County of Hunterdon and State
of New Jersey.
Garbage, refuse or rubbish and all other waste material which, if
thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public
health, safety and welfare.
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any other public
area of the borough or other public entity devoted to active or passive recreation
by the public.
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used
either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited
or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any
yard, ground, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging
or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
Any and all streets, roads, sidewalks, alleys or other public ways
and any and all public park, squares, spaces, grounds and building.
Every device in and upon or by which any person or property is or
may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively
upon stationary rails or tracks.
B.
Plural include the singular number, and words used in
the singular number include the plural number.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, road,
sidewalk or other public place within the borough, except in public receptacles
or authorized private receptacles for collection.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, road, alley or other
public place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or public
place within the borough the accumulation of litter from any building or lawn
or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying
property shall keep any sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or
deposit in any gutter, street or public place within the borough the accumulation
of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway. Persons owning or occupying places of business within the borough
shall keep the sidewalk in front of their business premises free of litter.
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw or deposit
litter upon any street or other public place within the borough or upon private
property.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property
within the borough, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner
or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles
for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place,
or upon any private property.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all
times maintain the premises free of litter. Provided, however, that this section
shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private receptacles
for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private
property within the borough, whether owned by such person or not.
Any person who shall violate this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, be imprisoned in the County Jail for a term
not exceeding 90 days and/or perform community service for a term not to exceed
90 days for each offense in the discretion of the Court. Each day that the
violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
