[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Monroe 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. O-28-2005. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
There is hereby established a chapter to establish
requirements for the proper handling of yard waste in the Township
of Monroe so as to protect public health, safety and welfare and to
prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and nor merely directory.
The placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket, biodegradable
bags or other vessel such as to prevent the yard waste from spilling
or blowing out into the street and coming into contact with stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway,
and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or
unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines.
Leaves and grass clippings.
The owner or occupant of any property performing
lawn care, maintenance or landscaping within said property shall not
sweep, rake, blow or otherwise place yard waste, unless the yard waste
is containerized, in the street. If yard waste that is not containerized
is placed in the street, the party responsible for placement of yard
waste must remove the yard waste from the street or said party shall
be deemed in violation of this chapter. There shall be no collection
or removal of any type of yard, lawn or landscaping debris created
by a contractor or employee of a landscaping contractor.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced
by the Police Department, Board of Health, the Zoning/Code Enforcement
Officer and/or the Mayor's designee of the Township of Monroe.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed $1,000 and up to six months in jail and/or 30 days of community
service. Every twenty-four-hour period of said violation, after notice
thereof from the Monroe Township Board of Health or its authorized
representative, shall be deemed to be a separate offense and punishable
as aforesaid by said fine.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase of this chapter is declared to be an independent section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such
portion of this chapter to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective
for any cause or reason shall not affect any other portion of this
chapter.
