As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ADOPT-A-SPOT PROGRAM
A voluntary program in the City in which landscapers agree
to maintain designated locations approved by the City Manager at the
landscapers' expense in accordance with standards established
by the City.
ANNUAL LICENSE
A license issued by the Director of the Department of Public
Works of the City of Clifton for the purposes stated.
CUSTOMER
Anyone who employs the services of a landscaper to perform
the services of maintaining, cutting, cleaning or raking property
within the City of Clifton.
LANDSCAPER
A person or persons doing business with five or more residential
and/or commercial customers for the purpose of maintaining, cutting,
cleaning, raking or performing similar activities on property within
the City of Clifton.
LANDSCAPER DISPOSAL FEE
A fee charged by and payable to the City of Clifton to dispose
any cuttings, clippings and/or waste material at a location directed
by the Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Clifton.
LICENSE FEE
The fee charged by and payable to the City of Clifton to
obtain a license as a landscaper.
VEHICLE
Any commercial vehicle required to be registered with the
New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles for use on local roads and
highways and used by a landscaper in the performance of his work in
the City of Clifton.
Every landscaper operating within the City of Clifton shall
be required to comply with the following:
A. The name of the landscaping company shall be clearly indicated on
both sides of any vehicle used in the operation, shall be no less
than three inches in height and shall include the name, address and
telephone number.
B. If a landscaper wants to dispose of any cuttings, clippings and/or
waste material at a location directed by the Director of the Department
of Public Works of the City of Clifton, the landscaper shall be required
to provide the City of Clifton with a list of its customers in the
City of Clifton. The landscaper shall only dispose of said materials
from properties located within the City of Clifton.
If any person licensed in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter shall be convicted of violating any statute, ordinance
or regulation in the execution of any work for which a permit is required
by the applicable ordinances of the City of Clifton relevant to landscaping,
the Director of the Department of Public Works shall revoke the license
immediately. The Director of the Department of Public Works shall
not restore such license during such time as the violation for which
such conviction was obtained, exists or remains.
Any person whose license has been revoked under the provisions
above may be relicensed by the Director of the Department of Public
Works when the grounds upon which such license was revoked are removed
or corrected and upon payment of the fee prescribed herein.