Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AIRCRAFT
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or
designated for navigation or for flight in the air, including helicopters
and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper or booklet or any other printed
or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature
which:
(1)
Advertises for sale any merchandise, product,
commodity or thing.
(2)
Directs attention to any business or mercantile
or commercial establishment or other activity for the purpose of either
directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales.
(3)
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting,
theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind for which
an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit.
The terms of this subsection shall not apply where an admission fee
is charged or a collection is taken up for the purpose of defraying
the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition
or event of any kind when any of the same is held or given or takes
place in connection with the dissemination of information which is
not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public
peace, safety and good order; provided, however, that nothing contained
in this subsection shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving
or taking place of any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition
or event of any kind without a license where such license is or may
be required by any law of this state or under any ordinance of the
Township.
(4)
While containing reading matter other than advertising
matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed
or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit
and gain of any person so engaged as an advertiser or distributor.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
INOPERABLE VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle (or portion thereof) of any type regulated
by Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey which is, for any
reason, not capable of being operated legally on the public roads
of New Jersey.
LITTER
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material or any combination thereof,
including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can or any top, cap
or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can; any unlighted cigarette,
cigar or match; any flaming or glowing material; or any garbage, trash,
refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste,
newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper container or
other packaging or construction material, but does not include the
waste of the primary processes of mining or other extracting processes,
logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
NEWSPAPER
Any newspaper of general circulation (as defined by general
law), any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of
the United States in accordance with federal statute or regulation
and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer, as
provided by general law. In addition thereto, "newspaper" shall mean
and include any periodical or current magazine regularly published
with not fewer than four issues per year and sold to the public. The
term "newspaper" shall not include publications delivered free of
charge, not at the request of the property owner, which consist primarily
of advertising material. Such publications are, for the purposes of
this chapter, to be considered commercial handbills.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper or booklet
or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of
any matter of literature not included in the aforesaid definitions
of a commercial handbill or newspaper.
OCCUPANT
Any person living, sleeping, occupying or having actual possession
of a premises or a part thereof.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a premises
or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent
of the owner.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without
accompanying actual possession thereof, or shall have charge, care
or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner or agent of the
owner, as fiduciary, including (but not limited to) executor, executrix,
administrator, administratrix, trustee, receiver or guardian of the
estate, or as a mortgagee in possession regardless of how such possession
was obtained. Any person who is a lessee, subletting or reassigning
any part or all of any dwelling or dwelling unit shall be deemed to
be a co-owner with the lessor and shall have joint responsibility
over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned by said lessee.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any
other public area in the Township owned or used by the Township and
devoted to active or passive recreations.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings and
structures thereon.
PRINCIPAL ADVERTISER
In a commercial handbill, the person, firm or corporation
whose advertising message occupies a substantial amount of the advertising
space in the handbill, such that he or it appears to be the sponsor
of the handbill.
PRIVATE PREMISES
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,
including but not limited to any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch,
steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling,
house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways, paved or unpaved, and any and all public parks, squares,
spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar
material.
UNLICENSED VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle (or portion thereof) of any type regulated
by Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey which is not currently
registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission or its equivalent
from another United States state or commonwealth.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
VEHICLE
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 upon stationary rails or tracks.