[Adopted 11-19-1990 as Ord. No. 1011]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
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.
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.
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.
