[Amended 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-16]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMBUSTIBLE WASTE
Grass, yard trimmings, paper, cardboard, rags, waste wood
and other combustible waste solids of a nonvolatile or nonexplosive
nature.
GARBAGE
Animal and vegetable waste solids resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of foods (except human body wastes).
PREMISES
Land and all buildings and structures located thereon.
REGULAR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE
The scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste from residential,
commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries
of any municipality at least once a week.
RESPONSIBLE SOLID WASTE GENERATOR
Any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family
residential dwelling or multiple dwelling or the owner of any commercial
or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries
of any municipality who generates solid waste at those premises.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials resulting from
industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic
and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials,
including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected
by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture
to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
The activity related to pickup and transportation of solid
waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other
destination.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
The storage, treatment, utilization, processing or final
disposal of solid waste.
SOLID WASTE FACILITIES
The plants, structures and other real and personal property
acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or
operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:66-1.1
et seq., or any other act, including transfer stations, incinerators,
resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other
plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment
and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances
necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal
of solid waste in a sanitary manner.
[Amended 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-16]
A. In the case of single-family residential housing, each responsible
solid waste generator shall enter into a contract for regular solid
waste collection services with any person lawfully providing private
solid waste collection services; provided, however, that any responsible
solid waste generator transporting the solid waste which is generated
at his residential premises directly to a solid waste facility shall
be exempt. The responsible solid waste generator shall arrange for
solid waste collection at least twice per week.
B. In the case of multifamily residential housing, the responsible solid
waste generator shall contract for regular solid waste collection
service with any person lawfully providing private solid waste collection
services; provided, however, that any responsible solid waste generator
transporting the solid waste which is generated at his residential
premises directly to a solid waste facility shall be exempt. It shall
be the responsibility of the owner of the multiple dwelling to provide
a sufficient number of appropriate solid waste containers for the
deposit of nonrecyclable waste materials to be disposed of as solid
waste. The responsible solid waste generator shall arrange for solid
waste collection at least twice per week.
C. In the case of any commercial or institutional building or structure,
the responsible solid waste generator shall contract with any person
lawfully providing solid waste collection services. Solid waste collection
shall take place daily unless sufficient and suitable facilities are
provided and used for the storage of such solid waste on such premises
until such solid waste is collected.
D. In the case of a responsible solid waste generator who is transporting
the solid waste which is generated at his residential premises directly
to a solid waste facility, every such responsible solid waste generator
shall furnish proof to the governing body of Cranford at least once
every 12 months that the responsible solid waste generator is transporting
the solid waste which is generated at his residential premises directly
to the solid waste facility for disposal.
E. Hours and days of collection.
[Amended 7-20-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-28]
(1) Solid waste collection may take place in the Township of Cranford
only between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time,
Monday through Saturday, except that solid waste may be collected
between 5:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Saturday,
from property located within the D-C Downtown Core District, D-B Downtown
Business District, D-T Downtown Transition District, NC Neighborhood
Commercial District, VC Village Commercial District, ORC Office Residential
Character District, C-1 Commercial - 1 District, C-2 Commercial -
2 District and C-3 Commercial - 3 District, as well as property owned
by the Cranford Board of Education or public/private schools and property
abutting the following streets and roadways:
(h)
Orange Avenue from Springfield Avenue to Riverside Drive.
(2) In addition, solid waste may be collected between 5:30 a.m. and 7:00
p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Saturday, from Orange Avenue
and Centennial Avenue.
(3) These restrictions shall not apply during any two-day period prior
to predicted severe weather, such as a snowstorm or hurricane, nor
for a period of three days after such severe weather occurs. These
restrictions shall also not apply during periods of labor disputes
or strikes involving the garbage collection systems, nor for a period
of one day prior to or three days after a national holiday.
The licensing of refuse collection, the setting of rates for
residential service and the appropriate rules and regulations covering
the same are now under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities,
State of New Jersey. All refuse collection shall be in conformity
with such rules and regulations.
[Amended 6-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, of this Code.