[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Totowa 6-7-1988 by Ord. No. 8-88 (Ch. 80 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 295.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPER
A person or entity whose business involves the placing, planting, arranging, trimming, cutting and removing of trees and maintenance of lawns, trees, bushes, shrubs, gardens and related appurtenances on land or property for the purpose of improving the same.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway.
The application for a permit to operate or conduct business as a landscaper in the Borough of Totowa shall be made, in writing, to the Municipal Clerk and signed by the applicant. The application shall set forth:
A. 
The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
B. 
The character and type of substance (e.g., grass clippings, brush, twigs, leaves) that the applicant will be dumping in his operation.
C. 
The location where the debris is to be taken and the name and telephone number of the company/organization to receive said debris.
Every landscaper operating within the Borough of Totowa shall be required to comply with the following:
A. 
The name of the landscaping company shall be clearly indicated on both sides of any vehicle used in said operation, shall be no less than three inches in height and shall include the name, address and telephone number of the landscaper.
B. 
An annual fee of $25 shall be paid to the Borough by each commercial landscaper.
C. 
Tags identifying that the vehicle has been properly registered must be displayed on each vehicle.
D. 
Registration shall be renewed no later than July 1 of each year.
Any person or persons who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 for the first offense, not less than $100 and not to exceed $500 for the second offense and not less than $100 and not to exceed $1,000 for the third offense and/or the revocation of the permit to further operate within the Borough.