[Adopted 11-19-1990 as Ord. No. 1011]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPER
A person or entity whose business involves the placing, planting, arranging, trimming, cutting, removing of trees and maintenance of lawns, trees, bushes, gardens and related appurtenances on land or property for the purpose of improving the same, where such land exceeds in the aggregate one acre of unimproved land.
IN-HOUSE GROUND CREW
An employee or group of employees whose job duties involves the placing, planting, arranging, trimming, cutting, 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, where such land exceeds in the aggregate one acre of unimproved land.
UNIMPROVED LAND
Land that surrounds objects that are attached to the land in a permanent manner. Such objects as trees, improvements, buildings and permanent railroad trackage are considered as the improved portion of the land, which shall exceed in the aggregate one acre and have a use that is not governmental or a subentity thereof, or nonprofit. The measurement of the aggregate of one acre shall apply to ownership as it appears in the Borough of River Edge Tax Duplicate.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway.
Every commercial landscaper or in-house ground crew that disposes of leaves in the manner prescribed by this article shall be required to comply with the following:
A. 
They shall file an application for a leaf disposal permit with the Borough Clerk. The application shall be in writing and signed by the applicant.
[Amended 12-16-1996 by Ord. No. 1172]
B. 
The application shall set forth the name, address and telephone number of the applicant. The application shall also set forth the name and address of the owner of the property that is being serviced.
C. 
The application shall contain a certification that only leaves originating in River Edge shall be disposed of in the manner indicated by this article.
D. 
The name of the landscaping company or employer shall be clearly indicated on both sides of any vehicle used in said operation and shall be no less than three inches in height.
E. 
Tags identifying that vehicles have been properly registered must be displayed on each vehicle used in the disposal of leaves.
F. 
An annual fee as set forth in the Borough Fee Schedule, adopted by resolution of the Borough Council, on file in the office of the Borough Clerk, shall be paid to the Borough Clerk for each one acre of unimproved land area serviced, with ownership as shown in the Borough of River Edge Tax Duplicate.
[Amended 12-16-1996 by Ord. No. 1172]
G. 
Registration shall be renewed no later than March 31 of each year. The registration is for the duration of the year on a calendar-year basis from January 1 to December 31 of the year the annual fee was paid.
Every commercial landscaper or in-house ground crew disposing of leaves, in addition to this article, may opt to dispose of the leaves in the following manner:
A. 
Leaves for disposal may be stockpiled or placed on private property for not more than 72 hours.
B. 
The Public Works Manager or his designee shall survey the trucks to be used that day in disposing the leaves and the cubic yardage of leaves to be disposed from the private property.
C. 
Each truck shall check in at the Department of Public Works, 1 John P. Lynch Way, and obtain an entry ticket to the Leaf Compost Facility. Each entry ticket shall entitle the holder to dispose of the truckload of leaves in a predesignated area. The ticket will be time stamped, initialed by the driver, include the registration tag number, and a copy shall be kept by the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 11-5-2018 by Ord. No. 18-21]
[Amended 12-16-1996 by Ord. No. 1172]
For a violation of any provision of this article, the maximum penalty, upon conviction thereof, shall be a fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment for up to 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.