As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ASHES
The residue from fireplaces, wood-burning stoves or coal
or other fuel furnaces or stoves, and includes accumulations of dirt
and such other noncombustible materials not included in refuse or
garbage.
CITY
The City of Bordentown.
GARBAGE
Includes kitchen wastes, food, animal, fruit or vegetable
wastes and matter of a similar nature.
HE AND HIS
Singular and plural; male, female or neuter gender.
PERSONS
Any individual, partnership, company, firm or corporation.
REFUSE
Includes combustible debris, paper, cardboard, rags, mattresses,
discarded wearing apparel, furniture, carpets, rubber, grass cuttings,
plant trimmings, leaves, bottles, broken glass, crockery and tin cans.
It shall not include scrap metal, earth, sand, bricks, stone, plaster
or debris of a similar substance that accumulates incidental to building
construction, nor shall it include trade wastes.
TRADE WASTES
All items which are discarded incidental to a manufacturing,
industrial or repair process, such as scrap, used parts or containers.
VEGETATIVE WASTE
Any leaves, branches, tree or plant limbs, grass clippings,
bushes, plant trimmings, weeds and other such garden wastes.
[Added 10-26-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-19]
WASTE
Garbage, refuse or ashes.
[Amended 11-27-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-11]
A. Garbage, refuse and ashes shall be collected from
each residential and commercial building within the City by the City
or its subcontractor according to a schedule of collection to be determined
by the Superintendent of Public Works of the City.
B. The City shall not collect any garbage, refuse, ashes
or waste of any kind from any industrial, light industrial or manufacturing
plant or building.
C. Garbage, refuse and ashes to be collected by the City
or its subcontractor shall be placed at or near the curbline in front
of the building from which the garbage, refuse or ashes were generated
in order that said waste may be easily collected from the roadway.
Said waste shall not, however, be placed so close to the roadway as
to project thereon or to interfere with persons or vehicles lawfully
using the roadway. The City reserves the right to limit collection
to public streets that have been dedicated to and accepted by the
City and may refuse to enter private property to remove solid waste.
No waste receptacle shall be placed on the sidewalk prior to sunset
of the day before such wastes are to be collected in the particular
district. All empty receptacles shall be removed from the sidewalk
the same day of collection.
[Amended 9-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-18]
[Amended 12-24-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-5]
Violation of any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I, Violations and Penalties.