[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus 6-1-1970 by Ord. No. 454. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Littering — See Ch. 34.
Recycling — See Ch. 52.
Solid waste — See Ch. 64.
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation to gather, collect, remove or in any way interfere with ashes, garbage, refuse or other refuse matter from any dwelling house, tenement, store, or other building or place or to engage in the business or occupation of gathering, collecting or removing ashes, garbage, refuse or other refuse matter within the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, or use the streets of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus for the purpose of transporting same, without first procuring or having procured a license therefor from the Board of Health of said Borough; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any property owner from gathering, collecting or removing ashes, garbage, refuse or other refuse matter from his own property, or himself using the streets of the Borough for the purpose of transporting such from his own property. But no such ashes, refuse, garbage or other refuse matter is to be dumped or deposited within the confines of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
For the purpose of interpreting the requirements and provisions of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
ASHES and REFUSE
Intended to include the residue of any material used as fuel for heating or cooking purposes after combustion has taken place, broken or discarded crockery, glassware, rags, household utensils, house sweepings, bottles, tin cans, plastic containers, paper cartons, newspapers and similar materials, but not building materials or fixtures, trees, grass clippings, leaves, earth, stones or industrial waste.
GARBAGE
Intended to include the refuse of animal and vegetable matter which has been used as food and all other household waste matter, exclusive of ashes and refuse as herein defined.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation authorized by the Board of Health to furnish scavenger service to any resident or building in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus shall pay the nominal license fee of $300 to the Board of Health which, upon granting of the license, shall immediately forward the license fee to the Clerk of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus for the use of the Borough.
The initial licenses granted under this chapter shall expire on December 31, 1972, and all licenses granted thereafter shall be for a period of two years, commencing January 1 and expiring December 31 of the second year.
A. 
Every applicant for a scavenger license shall submit an application in writing to the Board of Health, together with the license fee of $300, which shall be returned in the event said license is denied.
B. 
The applicant shall further submit with his application satisfactory proof of the following:
(1) 
An itemized list of all machinery and equipment owned by the applicant, setting forth the make and year of the various pieces of equipment.
(2) 
The number of persons in the employ of the applicant and a certification that a minimum of two men will be assigned to each truck working in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
(3) 
The applicant has a place for the disposal of the ashes, refuse, garbage, rubbish and other collected materials, which disposal site is assured for the period of the license.
(4) 
The said place for disposal of ashes, refuse, garbage, rubbish and other collected materials is located outside the limits of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, and the governing body of the municipality in which said site for disposal is located has established either a dump or a suitable incinerator by ordinance, and the applicant shall submit a duly authenticated copy of such ordinance.
(5) 
He has been granted a permit or written permission to use the disposal site by the Board of Health or other duly constituted authority of the municipality wherein said disposal site is located.
(6) 
He has been actively engaged for at least six months in scavenger service substantially similar to the service required in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
C. 
The applicant shall furnish proof of his financial ability to carry on a proper scavenger service, as required by this chapter, for the entire term of the license requested.
D. 
The applicant shall further furnish to the said Board of Health a detailed statement of the services to be rendered, together with a schedule of fees to be charged by him for the period of the license, and, once approved, said schedule of fees may not be altered or changed except by a resolution of the Board of Health approving the requested change.
The Board of Health shall act upon every application within 30 days after the same has been filed with it, and, in the event said application is denied, then, upon request of the applicant, the Board of Health shall conduct a hearing within 30 days of said request, at which time the applicant may present any additional proof in support of his application. The applicant shall be notified of the decision of the Board of Health upon his application within 15 days after said hearing has been conducted.
A. 
Each licensee shall collect and transport all ashes, rubbish, garbage, refuse and other collected material by such means and in such a manner that none of such material, solid or liquid, shall escape and drop upon the ground, and all reasonably avoidable noise incident to the collection and transportation of such material shall be prevented.
B. 
All vehicles furnished and used shall be subject to the approval at all times of the Sanitarian and/or Borough Engineer and must be maintained in good working order and in a clean and sanitary condition.
C. 
Each licensee shall furnish a sufficient number of trucks of ample power and capacity to carry out the particular collection service undertaken by him and shall always have at least one spare vehicle available to make the collection in case of a breakdown.
D. 
Trucks must be special body-packer types designed specially for the collection of garbage.
E. 
Any collected material which drops from collection containers or from trucks, either during loading or transporting, must be gathered and cleaned up immediately.
F. 
The name and address of every employee of a licensee who shall be working in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus shall be registered with the Board of Health.
G. 
Garbage collections shall be provided six days per week, regardless of holidays, commencing not earlier than 6:00 a.m. and terminating not later than 8:00 p.m., but there shall be no collections on Sundays without the express permission of the Board of Health.
H. 
Every licensee shall be required to notify all persons desiring scavenger service of the days upon which such collections shall be made and shall deliver to each household, place of business or other building having materials to be collected a printed card defining the collection days as well as the rules and regulations governing said collections.
I. 
All ashes, refuse, garbage and refuse materials defined herein which a licensee undertakes to collect shall be collected with all reasonable speed and efficiency and shall be transported and disposed of by the licensees, and all matter so collected shall be transported to the place of disposal in the same vehicle or vehicles on which collected and on the same day as collected, and no part of the collected contents of one vehicle shall be transferred to another vehicle within the limits of the Borough, unless a truck in operation becomes disabled and nonoperable; then such transfer may be made as an emergency, except that, in certain locations of the Borough designated by the Board of Health, a pickup truck approved by the Board of Health may be used to collect ashes, garbage, refuse or other refuse materials and transferred to a regular packer truck for transportation to the disposal site.
J. 
Licensees shall not place receptacles containing collected material along the curb awaiting arrival of the trucks. The collected material must be carried directly from the premises where collected to the truck and dumped into the truck, and the empty receptacles shall be immediately returned to their proper places.
K. 
Each licensee shall maintain an office with local telephone connections and keep said office open and in charge of a competent person in attendance daily, except Sundays and holidays, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, to receive and transmit to operators of the scavenger service any complaints from persons concerned and notices and directions from the Sanitarian or other duly designated employee of the Board of Health and to see that such complaint, notices or directions receive prompt and proper attention.
L. 
The license number of all trucks used by a licensee in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus shall be registered with the Board of Health.
M. 
Every truck of a licensee, while collecting the ashes, garbage, refuse and refuse material, shall be manned by a minimum of two employees.
N. 
The Board of Health may supplement these rules and regulations from time to time, by resolution, whenever, in its opinion, it is necessary to do so in order to safeguard the health of the inhabitants of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
Every licensee shall be subject to the supervision of the Board of Health of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, and all provisions of this chapter, as well as the rules and regulations promulgated hereby, and all orders or regulations promulgated by the Board of Health shall be enforced by such person or persons as the Board of Health, by resolution, may designate from time to time.
Any licensee undertaking to furnish scavenger service to any residents of the Borough, or to the owners or occupants of any commercial or industrial establishments located within the Borough, upon commencing such undertaking, shall be deemed conclusively to have entered into a contract with such person or persons to supply scavenger service to the persons owning residences in the Borough no less frequently than twice a week and to the persons who are owners or occupants of any commercial or industrial establishment as often each week as may be determined by the Board of Health in order to maintain proper health standards. Such contract shall remain in full force and effect during the entire term of the license, and said scavenger service may not be discontinued by the licensee except for nonpayment of the bill for the service, and then only if such nonpayment continues after the licensee has given the person or persons involved 15 days' notice, in writing, of the nonpayment by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Simultaneously with the granting of the license, every licensee must deliver to the Board of Health an executed bond in the sum of $50,000 as security for the faithful and uninterrupted performance of the contracts which the licensee is to undertake with each resident and each owner or occupant of the commercial or industrial establishments to supply them with scavenger service during the entire term of his license, as more particularly set forth herein, and to further insure said licensee will comply with all the provisions of this chapter, as well as the rules and regulations contained herein, and any other orders or regulations promulgated by the Board of Health. Said bond must have as surety thereon such surety company or companies as are acceptable to the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus and as are qualified to do business in the State of New Jersey.
Every licensee, prior to undertaking to supply scavenger service in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, must file with the Borough Clerk certificates of insurance which contain a provision that, in the event of their cancellation, the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus is to receive notice of such intended cancellation 20 days in advance, and, without such notice to the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, such cancellation shall be ineffective, and such certificates shall indicate that the following coverage is in full force and effect:
A. 
Public liability insurance on each truck used in the performance of scavenger service in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, with limits of bodily injury liability of not less than $300,000 for each person and not more than $500,000 for each accident.
B. 
Property damage liability on each truck used in the performance of scavenger service in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus in the amount of not less than $50,000 for each accident.
C. 
Standard workmen's compensation insurance as required by the workmen's compensation laws of the State of New Jersey.
D. 
Public liability insurance covering accidents that may be caused by employees of the licensee in the amount of $300,000 for each person and $500,000 for more than one person and property damage coverage in the amount of not less than $50,000.
Any license issued under the provisions of this chapter may be revoked at any time by the Board of Health for just cause or if the licensee, after 10 days' notice in writing, continues to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, any of the rules and regulations contained herein, or any of the orders or regulations promulgated by the Board of Health.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations contained herein or any of the orders or regulations promulgated by the Board of Health pursuant hereto shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction shall be had. Each and every violation and nonconformance of this chapter, or each day that any provision of this chapter shall have been violated, shall be construed a separate and distinct violation thereof.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this chapter shall not invalidate any other section or provision thereof.
This chapter shall take effect when published, as required by law.
Ordinance No. 233, entitled "An Ordinance to Provide for the Licensing and Regulation of Public Scavengers in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus," together with all amendments thereto, is hereby repealed; and any licenses granted thereunder are hereby revoked, except that any licensee holding a license under the repealed ordinance may reapply under this chapter without the necessity of paying another license fee.