As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BULKY WASTE
Large household items, i.e., white goods, furniture, appliances,
large tree cuttings, carpeting, tires, wood, etc., which because of
their size or weight cannot be contained in suitable receptacles.
COMMERCIAL SOURCE
The origin of waste matter from a wholesale, retail or service
establishment, including but not limited to restaurants, markets,
offices, retail and wholesale outlets, theaters, hotels and warehouses,
building contractors and landscaping contractors.
CONDOMINIUM
The form of ownership so defined in the State Condominium
Act, P.L. 1969, c. 257 (N.J.S.A. 46:8B-1 et seq.).
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms or any part thereof located within
a building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which
are designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
GARBAGE
Putrescible waste of animal or vegetable origin, usually
resulting from the preparation, cooking or consumption of food but
may include offal or other waste matter subject to biological decomposition
and the resultant malodorous and other nuisance conditions.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any material or substance so defined in N.J.S.A. 13:1E-38
and the regulations thereunder or other federal, state or county statute
or regulation which prohibits disposal of said substance or material
in the solid waste disposal facility designed for use by the Township.
INSTITUTIONAL SOURCE
Schools, hospitals, churches, research institutions, nursing
homes and public buildings.
MULTIPLE DWELLING
Any building or structure of one or more stories and any
land appurtenant thereto and any portion thereof in which there are
three or more units of dwelling space occupied or intended to be occupied
by three or more persons who live independently of each other. This
definition shall not include any dwelling units held under a condominium
form of ownership.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials designated by the Township to have a recycling value. See Chapter
614, Art.
I, Recycling.
REFUSE
Garbage, rubbish, bulky waste, recyclables and any other
solid waste as defined herein.
RESIDENTIAL SOURCE
The point of origin of wastes originating as household refuse
from residential, commercial or institutional sources within the Township
of Nutley and for any given property limited to that which is generated
by the inhabitants of that household. Refuse generated by private
contractors (builders, carpenters, landscapers, etc.) albeit at residential
properties, shall be the responsibility of the contractor to properly
dispose.
RUBBISH
Any dry, nonputrescible waste.
SOLID WASTE
All refuse and bulky waste subject to collection and disposal as described in §§
614-11 through
614-19.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
The collection and transportation of solid waste, as defined
by this article, from its source or other location to a disposal site
or other applicable resource recovery facility. "Solid waste" from
all residential sources and from commercial and institutional sources
shall be placed at the curbside for collection as provided for below.
VEGETATIVE WASTE
Lawn and garden refuse, including grass and hedge clippings,
small tree limbs, branches and other related lawn and garden waste
(excludes leaves).
WHITE GOODS
Major household appliances, such as stoves, refrigerators,
washers, dryers, etc.
The following types of refuse shall be subject
to solid waste collection as herein provided:
The following shall not be subject to solid
waste collection as herein provided:
A. Recyclable materials (as identified and defined in Chapter
614, Art.
I, Recycling, of the Code of the Township of Nutley).
E. Laboratory and pathological waste.
F. Waste building materials and rubble resulting from
construction, remodeling, repair and demolition operations on residential
or commercial buildings, pavements or other structures.
G. Tree trunks, large tree limbs and tree stumps.
I. Uprooted shrubs, bushes and other large, plantings
and any waste materials resulting from operations by landscape contractors.
Loose wood, brush, tree limbs and branches shall
be cut into four-foot lengths and tied in bundles weighing no more
than 50 pounds each.
White goods intended for disposal by the Township
shall be placed at the curb by the property owner in accordance with
requirements for placement of all other residential source refuse.
No person shall prevent or interfere with any
Township employee or agent in the discharge of his/her duties inspecting
for the proper placement of receptacles or recyclable material for
collection or the sweeping or cleaning of any street or the removal
of sweepings, snow, ice or other refuse material or the removal of
solid waste or recyclable materials.
Any person, firm, corporation or entity found
guilty of violating any section of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned
for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both, for each violation of
this article. Each day that such violation(s) shall continue shall
be considered a separate violation.