As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
REFUSE, GARBAGE, RUBBISH and COMBUSTIBLE AND NONCOMBUSTIBLE
WASTE
The following terms of material in solid or semisolid form:
A.
Rubbish, trash, rags, furniture, bedding, rubber,
fabrics, excelsior, paper, cartons and bags.
B.
Household waste, garbage, swill, slops, sweepings,
bones, grease, offal and manure.
C.
Scrap building materials, rocks, concrete, plaster,
asbestos, brick, lumber, sand, gravel, tiling and shingles.
D.
Ashes, cinders, soot, debris, rubble, glass
and unclean or contaminated soil or earth.
E.
Junk, scrap metal, cans, plumbing fixtures and
machinery parts.
F.
Barrels, boxes, crates and containers.
G.
Branches, leaves, brush, woods, clippings, cuttings,
stumps and tree trunks.
The person occupying any premises whereon a
business or industry is conducted shall arrange for the removal of
refuse on such premises each day unless sufficient facilities are
provided and used for the storage of such refuse within a roofed enclosure
on such premises until the refuse is removed.
The following regulations are hereby established
for mechanically unloaded garbage containers in the Township of Manalapan:
A. Chains. All lessees of mechanically unloaded garbage
containers are required to securely chain the containers to a building
or substantial post. Chains shall be attached and in place at all
times, except during actual unloading operations. It shall be the
responsibility of the owner of the container to have chains of a minimum
one-inch link/one-fourth-inch material, for chains welded to each
top rear corner of the container. Exempt from this requirement are
those rectangular containers in excess of four cubic yards and having
no legs or wheels attached thereto.
B. Metal covers. All owners or lessees of mechanically
unloaded garbage containers are further required to have a metal covering
for same, and the covering shall be in a closed position, except during
actual loading and unloading operations.
C. Screening. All mechanically unloaded garbage containers
shall be so situated on the premises or screened so that the containers
will not be visible from the street line(s) of the property.
The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized
to enforce the provisions of this article, each violation of which
shall be deemed a separate offense each day the violation continues,
with the penalties assessed as provided in the Code.