The Health Officer of the Township of Washington
is the officer of the municipality charged with the enforcement of
this article.
[Amended 11-8-1978]
Whenever the owner or tenant of such lands within
the Township of Washington, receiving a notice provided for by the
preceding sections to remove from such lands or destroy any of the
substances hereinabove mentioned, shall fail or neglect, within the
time prescribed in the notice to effect removal or destruction of
such substances, such removal or destruction shall be accomplished
by or under the direction of the Health Officer of the Township of
Washington. An accurate record of the costs of such removal or destruction
to the Township of Washington shall be determined by the Health Officer,
who shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee, which
Committee shall examine the certification and, if found correct, shall
cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands. The
amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and
shall be added to and become in form part of the taxes next to be
assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at
the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the
same officer and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 11-8-1978]
Any person failing to comply with any notice
given by the Health Officer of the Township of Washington as aforesaid
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $200, or both.
Any such penalty shall be in addition to the cost of removing or destroying
the substances hereinbefore referred to upon the lands described in
the notice given by the Health Officer.
[Adopted 8-21-2001 by Ord. No. 01-9]
This section sets forth the procedures for the
Township of Washington (hereinafter referred to as "Township") residents
only desiring to dispose of branches, leaves, garden waste and grass
clippings. (No contractors, firms/corporations or individuals who
live/reside outside the Township shall be permitted to dispose of
any such materials either on the Township property or for the Township
collection, whichever is applicable).
[Amended 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11; 7-20-2004 by Ord. No.
2004-09; 12-16-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-16; 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
A. There shall
be tags and/or stickers issued for curbside collection of vegetative
materials and there shall be a pass issued for annual usage of the
Convenience Center and for the purchase of mulch. Annual fees cover
January 1 to December 31 of each year. Residents may not use curbside
tags and/or stickers in order to gain access to the Convenience Center.
Failure to have such a Convenience Center Pass and/or tags/stickers
shall prevent a Township resident from partaking in these services
and/or subject them to various fines/penalties as set forth herein.
B. The fees,
the place(s) and times to obtain and pay for these fees and to obtain
the Convenience Center Pass, and/or the Curbside tags and/or the sticker(s),
will be established on an annual basis by resolution at the annual
reorganization meeting or as soon thereafter as the committee may
meet.
In order to allow for safe and efficient collection,
the following regulations must be followed.
A. Prunings.
(1) Collection shall be limited to brush, tree prunings
and the like.
(2) Tree trunks and limbs in excess of eight inches in
diameter shall not be collected.
(3) Limbs should be no longer than approximately 10 feet
in length.
(4) All limbs and brush under four inches in diameter
shall be tied with twine (no wire, nylon string, etc.) in manageable
bundles and placed in an orderly manner with all butts (eight inches
in diameter maximum) facing the roadside. The size of the entire pile
may not be larger than approximately three feet high and/or around
10 feet wide. Large piles are limited to one per property. Only one
tag is needed per pickup pile.
[Amended 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11]
(5) All small brush and twigs must be tied with twine
(no wire, nylon string, etc.) in bundles not to exceed eight inches
in diameter. Do not place in bags, buckets and/or cans.
[Amended 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11]
(6) All forsythia, willow vines, hedge trimmings and the
like must be tied in bundles not to exceed eight inches in diameter
with twine (no wire, nylon string, etc.). Do not place in bags, buckets
and/or cans. Small evergreen trimmings may be placed in a clear plastic
bag with a sticker.
[Amended 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11]
(7) No construction debris or stumps of any kind.
(8) No multiflora roses, briars, thorns or loose vines
of any kind.
(10) No wood lot clearing or whole tree removal.
(11) Dead or diseased limbs or branches must be tied and
tagged in manageable bundles for one person to lift, if they are left
for curbside collection.
(12) No curbside collection of said materials will be accepted
for any work performed at any residence by anyone (e.g., contractors)
other than the homeowner or tenant.
(13) The Public Works Department road crew will have full
discretion to reject materials it deems inappropriate for chipping
and/or curbside collection.
B. Leaf and vegetative waste collection.
(1) Collection shall be limited to clear plastic garbage
bags (with stickers), containing leaves and other vegetative waste
only (no grass). The bags shall be no larger than 30 gallon bags.
(2) No bags containing animal wastes or any other household
trash will be acceptable.
(3) No grass clippings will be picked up at all.
C. Port Colden Public Works Depot (Convenience Center)
(presently located at 22 East Front Street, Washington, New Jersey):
(1) Procedures.
(a)
Prunings and brush along with multiflora roses,
shrubs, hedge trimmings, dead and diseased branches and the like not
to exceed four inches in diameter may be dropped off in the marked
holding area(s) at the Convenience Center. These hours will be posted
at the Convenience Center. The following items shall not be permitted
for drop-off at the Convenience Center: stumps, roots or root balls,
construction debris, dirt, rocks or garbage of any kind. This list
is not exclusive and the Township reserves the right to add additional
items to such list.
(b)
Leaves and all other types of vegetative materials
may be dropped off at the Convenience Center, free of any debris and
not left in bags, in the marked holding container(s) discussed herein.
These materials must be brought to the Convenience Center by persons
transporting only their own generated materials and no contractor
use is permitted.
(c)
Grass clippings may be dumped in the marked
holding container (not left in bags or original container) at the
Port Colden Facility/Convenience Center. Grass brought to the Port
Colden Convenience Center must be by Township residents transporting
only their own grass and no contractor use is permitted.
(d)
The Public Works Department attendant will have
full discretion to reject materials he/she deems inappropriate for
the Convenience Center.
[Added 7-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-09]
(e)
All dumping of trash and garbage of any kind
at the Port Colden Public Works Facility/Convenience Center in any
capacity is prohibited.
(f)
Proof of residency will be required when using
the Convenience Center.
(2) Hours (for the purpose of this article). The Port
Colden Public Works Facility (Convenience Center) will be established
on an annual basis by resolution at the reorganization meeting or
as soon thereafter as the committee may meet.
[Amended 7-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-09; 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
(3) Mulch/wood chips. Residents must purchase a Convenience
Center pass. Mulch/wood chips can be obtained at the Convenience Center
during specified hours. The Public Works Department does not guarantee
the quality (not treated) and/or availability of mulch/wood chips.
There is a limit of three yards or three pickup truck-sized loads
per annual Convenience Center pass. Mulch/wood chips must be utilized
at the property indicated on the pass and is not for resale by residents.
Passes will be stamped/punched in order to track the number of yards
removed. After the limit of three yards or three pickup truck-sized
loads is reached, residents may purchase additional yards at the fee
established on an annual basis. Payment is to be made to the Convenience
Center attendant in exact amounts (no checks will be accepted). Mulch/wood
chips are to be loaded by residents, not Convenience Center attendant.
The Township of Washington will not be held responsible for any vehicle
damage that may occur while resident is loading the mulch/wood chips.
[Added 7-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-09; 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
(4) Outside
entities and/or other municipalities may purchase a Convenience Center
pass. The above rules and regulations will apply.
[Added 7-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-09]