For the purpose of this chapter, the following words, phrases and
terms and their derivations shall have the meanings as defined herein:
BULKY WASTE
Any nonputrescible waste from a residential or commercial
establishment, including but not limited to furniture, junk, appliances,
bedding, drums, containers, pallets, lawn mowers, bikes, tires, rugs,
equipment, vehicle parts, junk vehicles, canisters, grilles, construction
materials, metals, etc.
CATCH BASIN
Any area created whereby surface water collects or drains
into; this shall include drainage swales and sewer drains.
CONTAINER
Any device, from a bag to a tractor trailer, that waste materials
are placed in or loaded into or onto, including but not limited to
any size paper or plastic bag, garbage can, trailer, litter baskets,
recycling bin, roll-off, box car, compactor, flat bed, dumpster, hopper,
etc.
COUNTY
County of Sussex and State of New Jersey.
DUMPING
The loading, discarding, placing, throwing-down, pouring,
releasing, or emptying out of any solid or liquid waste, refuse or
garbage upon lands, buildings, roadways (either public or private),
parking lot, park, playground, rail bed, gutters, catch basins, refuse
cans and containers neither owned, leased or occupied by the person
doing so, nor expressly authorized by the owner, lessee or occupant
of same. It shall be presumed that a person is engaged in dumping
if objects are involuntarily permitted to come upon the aforementioned
places when the person last in possession of said objects does not
immediately remove said objects. "Dumping" as defined herein also
expressly includes the throwing or discharge of such waste from a
moving or standing motor vehicle.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, as well as
household waste other than septic waste.
GUTTER
Any roadside, whether it is curbed or uncurbed, shall be
considered a gutter.
LIQUID WASTE
Waste which is in a liquid form, whether it be toxic, hazardous
or not, from residential, commercial, institutional or industrial
locations. "Liquid waste" includes but is not limited to used motor
oil, antifreeze, brake fluid, transmission fluid, paints, solvents,
thinners, sludge, septic sewage, leachate, washdown waters, gasoline,
roofing tar, driveway sealant, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides,
etc.
LITTER
Any used or consumed substance or waste material which has
been discarded whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber, paper,
metal, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof, including but not limited to any bottle, jar, can or any
top, lid, cap or detachable tab, any lighters or unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match or any bagged or unbagged garbage, refuse, debris, rubbish,
lawn or garden waste, newspaper, magazines, handbills, advertisements,
metal, plastic or paper containers, or any packaging, construction
material, but does not include the waste from primary processes of
mining or other extraction processes, logging, saw milling, composting,
farming or manufacturing.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Vernon, sometimes called "Vernon Township."
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
organization or company of any kind.
PRIVATE PLACE
Any house, dwelling, building or other structure designed
or used either wholly or in part for private residential or business
purposes, whether inhabitated or temporarily or continuously uninhabited
or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch,
steps, vestibule, lobby, parking area, mailbox belonging or pertinent
to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any building, street, walkway, grounds, park, playground,
recreation center, squares, sidewalks, alley, rail bed or other public
right-of-way or public area owned by the Township of Vernon, County
of Sussex, State of New Jersey, or other political subdivision organized
under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Any service company regulated by the Board of Public Utilities,
including but not limited to telephone companies, electric companies,
solid waste collection companies, gas companies, water companies,
etc. The term "public utility" shall also include nonregulated private
or municipal utility companies providing such services.
PUBLIC WATERS
Any body of water situated within the municipal boundary
lines of the Township of Vernon which is upon or runs through lands
owned by the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey,
or any other political subdivision organized pursuant to the laws
of the State of New Jersey or which may otherwise be defined, classified
and considered public waters under statutes and laws of the State
of New Jersey, including but not limited to lakes, streams, rivers,
ponds, fountains, reservoirs, groundwaters and the like.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
Those materials which would otherwise become solid waste
but which can be collected, separated or processed and returned to
the economic mainstream in the form of materials or products. Materials
designated as recyclable under the Sussex County District Solid Waste
Management Plan include newsprint, corrugated cardboard, glass, plastic
(PET and HDPE) containers, aluminum beverage cans, and high-grade
paper (stationery and computer, inclusive of magazine).
REFUSE
All putrescible solid waste (except body waste), including
but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street sweepings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles or parts thereof, any scrap metal,
junk or machinery, furniture, household appliances, including but
not limited to washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners,
televisions, ovens/stoves, and all other items of personal property
usually found or used in a house, apartment, office, store, business
or other type of residential, commercial, industrial or agricultural
structure. "Refuse" is also specifically meant to include all items
and materials coming under the definitions of garbage, rubbish, solid
waste, bulky waste and liquid waste as contained in this section.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible waste, such as paper wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, glass, bedding, crockery, newspapers to be discarded, building
materials, landscaping wastes and similar materials.
SOLID WASTE
Waste which is a nonliquid form, including but not limited
to garbage, refuse, rubbish, bulky waste 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
waste collected by swine producers licensed by the State Department
of Agricultural to collect, prepare and feed such waste to swine on
their own farms.
VEHICLE
Any automobile, truck, tractor, bus, cab, motorcycle, boat,
train, used to transport people, materials and containers as well
as whole trailers along roadways, tracks or upon water.
YARD WASTE
Includes but is not limited to leaves, grass clippings, brush,
soil, gravel, rock, mulch, etc.