[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Logan
3-21-1989 by Ord. No. 5-1989. This ordinance superseded former Ch. 110, adopted
3-19-1985 by Ord. No. 2-1985. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Placement of any form of bulk recyclable or bulk waste in unauthorized
private or public receptacles for collection or upon any street, sidewalk,
public or private property.
Any form of rubbish, trash, garbage, brush, weeds, wood, filth, debris
or recyclable materials not placed in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles for collection.
Any individual, firm, corporation, association, society, partnership
or charity, and their servants or employees.
Any privately owned/leased receptacle used by any person other than
the owner, leasor, employee or agent of owner/leasor, without the express
permission of the owner/leasor; any publicly owned/leased receptacle used
by any person to dump bulk recyclables or bulk waste, without the express
permission of the public entity owning/leasing said receptacle.
Any landfill not licensed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection or any public or private property used for littering or dumping,
with or without the property owner's permission.
No person shall throw, deposit or dump any litter or bulk material upon
any street, sidewalk or other private or public place within the township,
except in authorized public or private receptacles for collection. All material
placed in an authorized receptacle shall be deposited in such a manner as
to prevent it from being spilled, blown, carried or deposited upon any street,
sidewalk, public or private property.
A.
No person, while an operator or a passenger in any vehicle,
shall throw, deposit, litter or dump upon any street, sidewalk, public or
private property.
B.
No person shall operate a vehicle which is not constructed,
loaded or covered so as to prevent litter from being blown, deposited or dumped
upon any street, sidewalk, public or private property.
A.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any public
place in the township, except in authorized receptacles. Where authorized
receptacles are not provided, the person responsible for the presence of the
litter shall carry it away in order to properly dispose of it.
B.
No person shall dump any bulk recyclables or bulk waste
in any public place and shall not use any publicly owned/leased receptacle
to dump bulk recyclables or bulk waste, without the express permission of
the public entity owning/leasing said receptacle.
No person shall throw, deposit, litter or dump on any private property
within the township whether owned by that person or not, except in authorized
receptacles for collection. Compost materials and firewood shall be excluded
from this section.
A.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any
provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to penalties as follows:
(1)
First offense: minimum $50/maximum $250, perform cleanup
or pay cleanup costs and/or up to five days of community service.
(2)
Second offense: minimum $100/maximum $500, perform cleanup
or pay cleanup costs and/or up to 10 days of community service.
(3)
Third offense: minimum $250/maximum $1,000, perform cleanup
or pay cleanup costs and/or up to 30 days of community service.
(4)
Subsequent offenses: minimum $500/maximum $5,000, perform
cleanup or pay cleanup costs and/or up to 60 days of community service and/or
up to 90 days in jail.
B.
Each day such violation is committed or permitted to
continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
