[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Kingwood 11-21-1988 by Ord. No. 6-14-88. 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.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
Any dwelling house, building or other structure designed
or used, either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes,
whether uninhabited or temporarily or continuously inhabited or vacant,
and shall include but not be limited to any yard, grounds, walk, driveway,
porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such
dwelling, house, building or other structure.
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 but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street
cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and
industrial waste.
Nonputrescible (not likely to grow rotten) solid wastes consisting
of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings,
cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass,
bedding, crockery, vehicles or vehicle parts, rubber tires, appliances,
furniture and similar materials.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
A.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter
in or upon any property, whether occupied, open or vacant, with or
without improvements, and whether owned by that person or by someone
else, or in a public place or pond, lake or stream or other body of
water within the Township, except in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles for collection.
B.
No person shall throw or drop any bundle, object,
article, litter or debris of any nature from a vehicle, whether in
motion or not, when such vehicle is on a Township road or any other
public highway in the Township.
C.
No person shall throw, place, deposit, discharge or
drop any bundle, object, article or debris of any nature on any Township
road, right-of-way, easement or on any other publicly owned land,
except when acting under the authority of the Township Committee.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in a manner which
prevents the litter from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon a public place or upon private property.
No person shall permit, allow or maintain litter
in or on any of his property, whether improved or vacant land and
whether owned or leased in the Township, and such person shall not
permit open or overflowing waste disposal bins or containers on his/her
property.
For violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter on either public or private property, complaints may be filed
by either citizens, police officers or the Board of Health of Kingwood
Township.
[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 8-14-93[1]]
No person will be permitted to sweep into or
deposit in any gutter, street, catch basin or other public place any
accumulation of litter from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Every person who owns or occupies property must keep the sidewalk
in front of his or her premises free of litter. All litter sweepings
must be collected and properly containerized for disposal.
[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 8-14-93]
It is unlawful for any residential or commercial
property owner to permit open or overflowing waste disposal bins on
his or her property.
[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 8-14-93]
It is unlawful for any vehicle to be driven,
moved, stopped or parked on any public roadway unless such a vehicle
is constructed, covered or loaded to prevent its load from dropping,
sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom. Any person operating
a vehicle from which any materials which constitute litter have fallen
or escaped which could cause an obstruction, damage a vehicle or otherwise
endanger travelers or public property must immediately cause the public
property to be cleaned of all such materials and must pay the costs
therefor.
[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 8-14-93]
It is unlawful for any owner, agent or contractor
in charge of a construction or demolition site to permit the accumulation
of litter before, during or immediately following completion of any
construction or demolition project. It is the duty of the owner, agent
and contractor in charge of a construction site to furnish containers
adequate to accommodate flyable or nonflyable debris or trash at areas
convenient to construction areas and to maintain and empty the receptacles
in such a manner and with such a frequency as to prevent spillage
of refuse.
[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 8-14-93]
It is unlawful for any person to place, to cause
to be placed or to hire another person to place any advertisement,
handbill or unsolicited material of any kind in or on any street,
sidewalk, building or vehicle within the Township of Kingwood in such
a manner that it may be removed by natural forces.
