[Added 12-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-31]
The owner or occupant of any property, or any employee or contractor
of such owner or occupant, engaged to provide lawn care or landscaping services
shall not sweep, rake, blow or otherwise place yard waste in the street. If
yard waste is placed in the street, the party responsible for placement of
yard waste must remove the yard waste from the street or said party shall
be deemed in violation of this chapter.
[Added 12-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-31]
A. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other
than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the
Township of Washington is prohibited. The spilling, dumping or disposal of
materials other than stormwater in such a manner as to cause the discharge
of pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system is also prohibited.
B. Exceptions to prohibition.
(1) Water line flushing and discharges from potable water
sources.
(2) Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl
space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters).
(3) Air-conditioning condensate (excluding contact and noncontact
cooling water).
(4) Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering
runoff).
(5) Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water
reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows.
(6) Residential car washing water, and residential swimming
pool discharges.
(7) Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
(8) Flows from fire-fighting activities.
(9) Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean
water:
(a) Beach maintenance equipment immediately following its
use for its intended purposes; and
(b) Equipment used in the application of salt and deicing
materials immediately following salt and deicing material applications. Prior
to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and deicing materials must
be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent practicable using
dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping). Recovered materials are
to be returned to storage for reuse or properly discarded.
(c) Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation,
is limited to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply
to engines or other enclosed machinery.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Township of Washington the accumulation of litter
from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their
premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or
deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the township.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the
township unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any
load or contents of litter from being blown or deposited upon any street,
alley or other public place.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any pond, lake, stream or
any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the township.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not
more than $500, or may be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to
exceed 90 days, or both. Each day such violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as
such.
[Added 12-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-31]
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Washington Township
Police Department, the Principal Public Works Manager, the Zoning Official
and, in cases of pet waste violations, the Washington Township Animal Control
Officers.