[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Boonton 6-25-1946 by Ord. No. 47; amended in its entirety 8-26-1996 by Ord. No.
543. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof,
including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can, or any top, cap
or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can; any unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material; or any garbage; trash;
refuse; debris; rubbish; grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste;
newspapers; magazines; glass; metal; plastic or paper containers or
other packaging or construction material; but does not include the
waste of the primary processes of mining or other extraction processes,
logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Any area that is used or held out for use by the public,
whether owned or operated by public or private interests, including
but not limited to all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches
or other public ways, and all public parks, squares, spaces, docks,
grounds and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, furniture, appliances and solid market
and industrial waste.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
No person shall throw, drop, discard or otherwise
place any litter of any nature upon public or private property other
than in a litter receptacle. Where litter receptacles are not provided,
all such litter shall be carried away from any public area by the
person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere.
[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 691]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prohibit
the spilling, dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater
to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Township
of Boonton so as to protect public health, safety and welfare and
to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
B.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
PERSON
STORMWATER
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the
following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the
meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this section
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 not merely directory.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of Boonton or other public body and is designed and
used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
C.
Prohibited conduct. No person shall spill, dump, or
dispose of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate
storm sewer system or spill, dump or dispose of materials other than
stormwater in such a manner as to cause the discharge of pollutants
to the municipal separate storm sewer system.
D.
Exceptions:
(1)
Waterline flushing and discharges from potable water
sources.
(2)
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl
space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising
ground waters).
(3)
Air-conditioning condensate (excluding contact and
non-contact cooling water).
(4)
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering
runoff).
(5)
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands,
water reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows.
(6)
Residential car washing water, and residential swimming
pool discharges.
(7)
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
(8)
Flows from fire-fighting activities.
(9)
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with
clean water:
(a)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following
its use for its intended purposes; and
(b)
Equipment used in the application of salt and deicing
materials immediately following salt and deicing material applications.
Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and deicing materials
must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent
practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping).
Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse or properly
discarded. Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation,
is limited to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does
not apply to engines or other enclosed machinery.
E.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the
sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter, as well as any
curbs, sidewalks, areaways, backyards, courts and alleys abutting
their property.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a
vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any public or private
property. No person shall cast, shoot or throw anything at, against
or into any vehicle, railroad car, airplane or other facility of transportation
or shall place any stick, stone or other substance upon any railroad
track with intent to injure any car passing thereon or the passengers
therein.
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport
or collect any litter from outside the Township and bring it into
the Township for the purpose of dumping or disposing thereof except
in an established sanitary landfill. No truck or other vehicle containing
litter which has been transported into the Township shall be parked
or allowed to remain standing on any street in the Township or on
any public property for a period in excess of two hours.
Advertisements, handbills, circulars and papers
may be distributed in the Township only if they are so securely placed
at each dwelling that they will not be blown away by the wind; otherwise,
no person shall place any advertisement, handbill, circular or paper
on or in any public street, sidewalk, building or vehicle within the
Township.
The owner or person in control of any private
property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter,
provided that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter
in private litter receptacles for collection.
In residential zones, no person, firm or corporation
shall store or permit the storage of any out-of-service bulky items
such as appliances, furniture, mattresses or tires, except in a fully
enclosed structure. A farm, as defined in these ordinances, shall
be exempt from this prohibition, provided that the outdoor storage
of any such item is in furtherance of a legitimate farm-related purpose.
It shall be unlawful for any residential property
owner to openly store or permit the open storage of tires in areas
zoned residential, unless such tire or tires are stored in such a
manner that there does not exist the potential for the breeding of
mosquitoes.
A.
Except in accordance with a permit issued pursuant
to the New Jersey Solid Waste Management Act[1], it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, association
or corporation, whether as principal or agent, servant or employee,
Clerk or otherwise, to use or permit to be used any land, road, alley,
lane or street as a dumping ground for garbage, ashes, trash, debris,
rubbish, wastepaper, motor vehicle junk or other refuse matter or
to establish a dump within the Township limits of the Township of
Boonton.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.
B.
No person, persons, firm, association or corporation,
whether as principal or agent, servant or employee, Clerk or otherwise,
shall throw or discard garbage, ashes, trash, debris, rubbish, wastepaper,
motor vehicle junk or other refuse matter upon the public streets,
roads or avenues or the lands directly abutting the public streets,
roads or avenues within the limits of the Township.
C.
Any materials unlawfully dumped within the limits
of the Township may be examined in order to establish their point
of origin. If their point of origin can be established, the person,
firm or corporation from which such materials originated shall be
required to demonstrate that said materials were disposed of in a
lawful manner.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any litter, refuse
or rubbish, including garbage or recyclables, generated from private
residential premises or nonresidential premises in any litter receptacle
that is not located on the private residential or nonresidential premises
from which such litter, refuse or rubbish is generated; except that
recyclables generated from any premises located in the Township of
Boonton may be deposited in designated containers located at the municipal
recycling center.
[Added 6-13-2016 by Ord.
No. 849]
It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be driven,
moved, stopped or parked within the Township, on any highway, street,
alley or other public place, unless such vehicle is constructed or
loaded to prevent any of its contents from dropping, shifting, leaking
or otherwise escaping therefrom. Any person, corporation, partnership
or other organization who or which drives or moves or causes to be
driven or moved any commercial vehicle or truck with wheels or tires
which carry onto or deposit mud, dirt, sticky substances, construction
debris or foreign matter of any kind in any street or other public
place so as to cause a health or safety problem shall immediately
remove said materials from the public street or other public place.
Any person operating a vehicle from which any glass or objects have
fallen or escaped which could cause an obstruction, damage a vehicle
or otherwise endanger travelers or public property shall immediately
cause the public property to be cleaned of all glass or objects and
shall pay the costs thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, or
contractor in charge of a construction or demolition site to permit
the accumulation of litter before, during or after completion of any
construction or demolition project. It shall be the duty of the owner,
agent or contractor in charge of a construction site to furnish litter
receptacles and/or dumpsters adequate to accommodate litter at areas
convenient to construction areas and to maintain and empty the litter
receptacles in such a manner and with such a frequency as to prevent
spillage of litter. All renovations shall require a dumpster unless
not required by the Board of Health.
[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 691]
A.
Enforcement. All police officers of the Township are
hereby given full power and authority and are charged with the duty
to enforce all provisions of this chapter.
B.
Penalties. Any person or persons, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to any one or more of the following penalties; a fine in no event less than $100, or the penalties provided in § 1-15 of this Code.
[Amended 4-9-2007 by Ord. No. 739]
