[Adopted 4-23-1991 by Ord. No. 8-91 (Ch.
117, Art. VIII, of the 1985 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A vehicle, as defined by Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
The person appointed by the Board of Commissioners authorized
to implement and coordinate the various Village recycling programs,
who shall, together with other appropriate officials, including the
Police Department, enforce the provisions of this article along with
all rules and regulations promulgated hereafter.
Includes all individuals, owners, tenants, lessees, firms,
societies, schools, churches, businesses or associations, either profit
or nonprofit, within the Village of Ridgefield Park.
A lightweight motor vehicle that carries its own engine and
is designed to carry light loads of various commodities such as equipment,
supplies or other products not exceeding 5,000 pounds.
Any process by which materials which would otherwise become
solid waste are separated, prepared and processed and returned to
the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
An area established to receive various recyclables that are
not included in a curbside pickup program. All persons governed by
this article must bring these noncurbside recyclables to this location.
The location or market to which the tires will be transported
to be prepared, processed and returned to the economic mainstream
in the form of another product or raw material.
A band of hollow air-filled rubber around a wheel which acts
as a buffer or cushion between a motor vehicle and the roadway.
The round steel center structure on which the automobile
and/or truck tire is mounted.
It shall be mandatory for all persons within
the Village of Ridgefield Park to separate rimless/wheeless tires
from all other solid waste generated at any property within the Village
and to bring them to the designated recycling center.
A.Â
A fee will be charged for each tire dropped at the
recycling center. The charge will be based on a combination of tire
size and the existing market disposal costs.
B.Â
Fees shall be set by resolution by the Board of Commissioners
of the Village of Ridgefield Park, with consideration for increases
and decreases based on market fluctuations.
C.Â
Tires will be taken to the recycling center, where
size will be checked and a fee established. A check in the amount
of the fee will be deposited at the Recycling Office and a permit
issued. The permit and tires will then be presented to the attendant
at the recycling center.
D.Â
There will be a limit of four tires per payee.
E.Â
The maximum tire diameter accepted will be 30 inches.
F.Â
If it is snowing, the recycling center does not have
to accept tires.
G.Â
Tire tubes will not be accepted at the recycling center.
These will be handled as trash.
H.Â
Tires will not be accepted from any dealer or contractor.
Dropoff hours for tires at the recycling center
shall be 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Monday through Friday only. Tires
cannot be brought to the center on Saturday, Sunday or holidays or
any other day designated by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
This article shall be enforced by the Recycling
Coordinator, the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent of Public
Works, the Police Department and such other departments or individuals
of the Village of Ridgefield Park as designated by the Board of Commissioners
of the Village of Ridgefield Park.
Any person who violates any provision of this
article or any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine for the first offense
of not more than $50 and a fine of not more than $100 for the second
offense. Any person who violates this article a third time shall be
subject to the penalty prescribed in N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
