[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Readington 6-15-1954.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall deposit, maintain or
permit to be deposited or maintained or to accumulate in or upon any public
or private street or thoroughfare, or place in or upon any privately owned
property, any sewage, garbage, offal, excrement; any dead animals or part
thereof; any decaying or putrescible matter, fruit, vegetables, fish, meat
or bones; any oyster or clam shells; or any foul, putrid or decaying liquid
or substance.
All garbage, swill or offal which may accumulate in the Township of
Readington or which may be stored, kept or retained therein without violating
this chapter shall be kept in watertight metal receptacles provided with tightly
fitting covers, except that barrels may be used for vegetable trimmings if
removed daily. Said metal receptacles shall be kept clean, and no water shall
be allowed to enter therein except for the purpose of cleaning.
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall allow any garbage, swill
or offal or excrement or any other offensive or decomposed solid or fluid
matter or substance to leak or escape from any truck, cart or wagon or container
in which the same may be conveyed or carried.
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall carry or convey through
the streets or roads of the Township of Readington or deposit in any place
in the Township of Readington any sewage, garbage, swill, offal, excrement
or dead animals; any decaying or putrescible matter, fruit, vegetables, fish,
meat or bones; any oyster or clam shells; or any other foul, putrid or decaying
liquid or substance collected or picked up in any other municipality within
or without the State of New Jersey except manure or other fertilizer to be
used in ordinary farming or gardening operations.
[Amended 1-17-1955]
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall collect or convey through
the streets or roads of the Township of Readington any garbage, swill, offal
or dead animals without first obtaining a license so to do from the Board
of Health of the Township of Readington. All vehicles used in the removal
of garbage, swill, offal or dead animals shall be of motor-driven type, and
no such vehicles shall be drawn by any horse or animal. All such vehicles
shall be equipped with permanent covering attached to the truck, which will
completely cover any garbage, swill, offal or dead animals. All applications
for licenses to collect, convey or remove any garbage, swill, offal or dead
animals shall be made in writing to said Board of Health and shall state the
number and kind of vehicles to be used in such collection or removal, the
disposition to be made of the materials collected or removed and the frequency
of such removal. The fee for such license shall be the sum of $100 per year,
payable before the license is issued. The license period shall extend for
one year from the date of its issuance.
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall deposit in any place
in the Township of Readington any garbage, swill, offal or dead animals collected
within said Township of Readington without first obtaining a license so to
do from the Board of Health of said Township of Readington. All applications
for licenses to deposit any garbage, swill, offal or dead animals on any property
within said Township of Readington shall be made in writing to said Board
of Health and shall state the place where it is proposed to deposit such matter,
the size of the tract of land upon which it is proposed to make such deposits,
the name or names of the owners of such land, the volume and frequency of
such deposits and what disposition will be made of such matter after it has
been deposited. No license shall be issued for any depositing or place of
depositing which would be hazardous to the health of the inhabitants of this
township. The fee for such license shall be the sum of $25 per year, payable
before the license is issued. The license period shall extend for one year
from the date of its issuance.
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the use of outdoor
toilets, cesspools or septic tanks built, maintained and located in accordance
with existing laws, nor to prohibit the deposit, accumulation and transportation
or spreading of manure in ordinary farming operations.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply
with or violate any of the provisions of this chapter, whether such person
shall be acting as principal or agent or employee of a natural person or as
agent, employee or officer of a corporation, shall, on conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $500.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 246,
General Provisions, Board of Health, Art.I).
