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 and removing of trees and the maintenance
of lawns, trees, bushes, shrubs, gardens and related appurtenances
thereto, including but not limited to landscape ties, stone walls
and walks on land or property for the purpose of improving the same.
A person or entity whose business involves only the cutting,
planting, edging and maintenance of lawns where no placing, planting,
arranging, trimming, cutting and removing of trees and/or the construction
or design of plantings, retaining walls, ponds, walks, etc. is performed.
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported upon a highway.
A.
The application for a license to operate or conduct
business as a commercial landscaper in the State of New Jersey shall
be made in writing to the State of New Jersey.
B.
The application for a license to operate or conduct
business as a lawn care or lawn maintenance company in the City of
Linwood (if not licensed by the State of New Jersey) shall be made
to the Construction Office. The applicant shall provide:
(1)
The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(2)
The character and type of the substance, e.g., grass
clippings, brush, twigs or leaves, that the applicant will be dumping
in his operation.
(3)
The location where the debris is to be taken and the
name and telephone number of the company or organization to receive
such debris.
(4)
A copy of the applicant's current valid insurance
certificate.
A.
The annual fee for all new lawn care and/or lawn maintenance
licenses shall be $200, and a fee for all renewal licenses shall be
in the amount of $100 per year, payable to the City of Linwood. Licenses
shall be renewed on or before January 1 of each year and shall expire
on the 31st day of December each year. Licenses are nontransferable.
[Amended 3-10-2010 by Ord. No. 5-2010]
B.
License renewals must be received no later than May
31 to be eligible as a renewal. Those applied for after May 31 will
be considered as a new license and are subject to the two-hundred-dollar
new license fee.
[Amended 7-11-2012 by Ord. No. 14-2012]
C.
A maximum of four license decals may be issued to
each lawn care or lawn maintenance contractor. Lawn care or lawn maintenance
contractors requesting additional license decals will be required
to submit a payment of $5 per additional license decal requested.
D.
Lawn care or lawn maintenance contractors are required
to display their current license decal in the rear or side window
of each vehicle.
Every commercial landscaper, lawn care or lawn
maintenance contractor operating within the City of Linwood shall
be required to comply with the following:
A.
The name of the company should be clearly indicated
on both sides of any vehicle used in said operation. The letters shall
be no less than three inches in height and shall include the address
and telephone number.
B.
Tags identifying that vehicle shall be properly registered
and must be displayed on each vehicle.
C.
All grass clippings, brush, twigs or leaves produced
from mowing, edging or other landscaping work must be removed from
the sidewalks in front of a property owner's home.
D.
Control hours for the operation of leaf blowers shall
be from 7:00 a.m. until sunset or 8:00 p.m. whichever shall occur
first.
E.
All trucks transporting grass clippings and other
types of yard debris or landscaping materials shall be properly covered
to prevent the littering of public streets.
F.
No commercial landscaper, lawn care or lawn maintenance
contractor shall blow any grass clippings or other debris into any
City street or into any City storm drain.
Any person, firm, association or corporation
violating the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine
not less than $100 on the first offense and a fine not to exceed $500
on a second or subsequent offense.
