[Adopted 3-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-4]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
The City of Bordentown.
Includes kitchen wastes, food, animal, fruit or vegetable
wastes and matter of a similar nature.
Singular and plural; male, female or neuter gender.
Any individual, partnership, company, firm or corporation.
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.
All items which are discarded incidental to a manufacturing,
industrial or repair process, such as scrap, used parts or containers.
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]
Garbage, refuse or ashes.
[Amended 11-27-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-11]
A.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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]
A.Â
Refuse of all classes shall be placed and stored in
suitable receptacles or containers pending removal. Containers for
garbage or refuse shall be metal or plastic, watertight and fitted
with handles and with a substantial tight-fitting metal or plastic
cover. As an alternative, containers for garbage or refuse may be
commercial plastic garbage or refuse bags securely tied, taped or
tabbed closed. Shopping bags or other plastic bags which are not specifically
sold as containers for garbage or refuse shall be prohibited. In addition,
dumpsters shall also be prohibited.
[Amended 11-27-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-11]
B.Â
The combined weight from any rigid waste container
and its contents shall not exceed 80 pounds. A plastic garbage bag
of the permitted type shall not be filled with garbage or refuse to
the extent that it causes the garbage bag to break or come open. Liquid
wastes shall not be placed in a refuse container of any kind.
C.Â
Containers for ashes shall be of metal and sturdy
construction. Hot cinders, ashes or smoldering embers shall not be
placed in refuse containers of any kind for collection. Receptacles
for ashes should be provided with covers to prevent the admission
of snow and rain and subsequent freezing of the contents in the container.
D.Â
All empty boxes, cartons and wrappings to be collected
shall be flattened down and securely fastened or tied together so
as to require no unnecessary space on the vehicle collecting the same.
All papers shall be securely tied so as to prevent scattering. No
person shall place any empty boxes, cartons, wrappings or papers of
any kind in the street, except near the curbline for collection in
the manner described in this article.
E.Â
No rigid containers shall be filled above a point
two inches below the top.
F.Â
If the type of refuse to be removed is of a bulky
nature and cannot fit within the refuse receptacle, it may be wrapped
in bundles and securely tied, or, as in the case of discarded furniture,
it shall be broken, reduced in volume and bundled so as to permit
safe and speedy handling. The greatest dimension of such bulky articles
shall not be more than three feet.
G.Â
A sufficient number of containers for the refuse accumulating
between collecting days shall be provided by every person, householder,
storekeeper, shopkeeper, market, restaurant, hotel, apartment owner
or other place of business served by the city. All refuse containers
shall be maintained in good condition by the owners thereof and promptly
replaced when no longer fit for use. Containers which have been marked
with a condemned tag by the Department of Public Works will be taken
away by the collectors if used after they have been tagged.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful to throw or disperse or permit
the throwing or dispersal of garbage, refuse and waste of any type,
whether collectible or not under this article, upon any lot, street,
sidewalk or place in the city, other than as provided by this article.
B.Â
No person shall remove or disturb any garbage, refuse,
ashes, waste or containers placed for collection unless he is the
owner thereof or has authority from the owner or of the city.
C.Â
No person shall bring into the City from any other
place any garbage, refuse, ashes or wastes for the purpose of having
the same collected by the City or its subcontractor.
D.Â
No scrap metal, earth, sand, bricks, stones, plaster
or debris of a similar substance that accumulates incidental to building
construction nor any trade wastes generated by any industrial, commercial,
retail or service establishment in the City shall be placed for collection
by any person nor shall the same be collected by the City or its subcontractor.
E.Â
No person shall place any garbage, refuse, ashes or
waste for collection in any place other than in front of the building
in which such wastes were generated, nor shall any person deposit
any garbage, refuse, ashes or wastes for collection in the receptacles
of any other person.
F.Â
No vegetative waste shall be placed for collection
by any person, nor shall same be collected by the city or its subcontractor
as part of regular waste collection. The city may, however, designate
special procedures for the collection and/or disposal of such vegetative
waste.
[Added 10-26-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-19]
