[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Cinnaminson 6-20-1961
by Ord. No. 1961 (Sec. 3.32 of the 1995 Code); amended in
its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the manner in which refuse may be stored, collected
and disposed of; declaring and defining certain conditions as nuisances; fixing
the responsibilities and duties of persons storing, collecting and/or disposing
of refuse; and providing for issuance of permits to collect refuse, is hereby
established pursuant to the provisions of L. 1975. c. 326, § 2 (N.J.S.A.
13:1E-1 et seq.), and N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.1 et seq., as may be amended from time
to time. A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without
the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly
known as the "Solid Waste Management Act."
Three copies of the Solid Waste Management Act have been placed on file
in the office of the Secretary of this local Board of Health upon the introduction
of this chapter and will remain on file there until final action is taken
on this chapter, for the use and examination of the public.
Persons engaged in the business of collection and/or disposing of solid
waste shall comply with the provisions, rules and regulations established
by the Burlington County Solid Waste Management District.
[Amended 5-26-1965 by Ord. No. 1965-2]
A.Â
Any person or persons, partnership, firm, or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this chapter or of the Solid Waste Management
Act, made a part hereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of
not less than $2,500. Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Amended 4-22-1970 by Ord. No. 1970-4]
B.Â
Any sanitary landfill[1] operation operating in
this Township may be closed by the Board of Health for repeated and/or flagrant
violations of any of the provisions of this chapter and/or the state standards
relating to sanitary landfills as incorporated herein, upon certification
by the Health Officer, Sanitary Inspector or other qualified person that said
condition constitutes a health or safety hazard, and upon seven days' written
notice, delivered to the operator, operators or owners of the Board of Health
meeting at which the matter will be taken up. In the event of the closing
of the said landfill, the operator, operators or owners shall be given at
least seven days to complete proper coverage of the landfill or other place
and to take such other steps as may be deemed necessary by the said Board
of Health, consistent with and under the provisions of this chapter. In the
event such work is not completed within the time set by the said Board of
Health or any extensions thereof, the said Board may contract for the completion
thereof with any private contractor or cause the said completion by any department
of the Township, in which case payment of the contract price or reasonable
cost thereof, if completed by a department of the Township, shall be made
to the Board from the proceeds of any bond or deposit payable to the said
Board of Health as may be given by reason of any ordinance of this Board or
this Township by the landfill operator, operators or owners.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 326, Landfills, Sanitary.
